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A  LIBRARY  IN  THE  MAKING 


Pioneer  History  of  the  Territorial 
and  State  Library  of  Iowa 


By  JOHNSON  BRIGHAM.  State  Librarian 


Reprint  from  the  Annals  of  Iowa,  October,  1912,  and  January,  1913. 


First  Territorial  Librarian  of  Iowa. 

THEODORE  S.  PARVIN 

at  the  age  of  21. 

I  From  Daguerreotype  Loaned  by  Newton  R.  Parviu./ 


A  LIBRARY  IN  THE  MAKING 


Pioneer  History  of  the  Territorial 
and  State  Library  of  Iowa 

By  JOHNSON   BRIGHAM.  Slate  Librarian 


Reprint  from  the  Annals  of  Iowa,  October,  1M2,  and  January,  1913. 


A  Library  in  the  Making 


PIO\EEJ{     IIISTOIJV     OF    THE    TERKITORIAL    AND 
STATE    IJHHARY  OE  IOWA. 

1)V    .JollXSOX     liKKillA.M.     StATK     LiHRAHIAN. 

Tile  (lisovci'v  of  I'arly  manuscript  reports  of  Tcri'llorial 
.ind  St;it(^'  libi'ariaiis,  liuried  in  the  mas:s  of  old  official  papiTs 
transferred  from  the  several  departments  of  State  to  the 
I'ew  Department  of  Archives  in  the  Historical  Bnildin"'.  has 
f-uggested  the  pr.tpriety  of  completing,  as  far  as  possible,  the 
historical  record  (f  Iowa's  State  Library,  "from  tlie  earliest 
periotl  to  tlie  present  time.'"'  After  a  thorough  reseai'cli 
through  the  papers  on  tih'  in  the  Archives  Department,  the 
published  Journals  and  departmental  repoi'ts  in  the  Stale 
Library,  and  documents  and  private  papers  loaned  me  by 
'Sir.  Xewti  n  K.  Pai-vin.  librarian  of  the  Iowa  ^lasonic  Library. 
Cedar  Kapids,  I  am  now  abh^  to  pi-estmt  th(^  following  his- 
torical sketch.  sup}demented  by  tlu^  hitherto  unpublished 
papers  referred  to.  thus  tilling  a  gap  in  the  history  of  a  State 
institution  which  from  viM'y  small  beginnings  has  grown  to 
large  ])ropoi'tii  ns  and  has  made  for  itself  a  firm  place  in  the 
ics[)ect  and  esteem  of  every  citizen  of  Iowa. 

WISCONSIN   PIONEER   LIBRARY   LOCATED   IN   IOWA   AND 
AN  IOWA  GOVERNOR   ITS   FIRST   LIBRARIAN. 

l^efore  entering  upon  the  pleasant  task  to  which  I  ani  in- 
vited by  the  State  Lilu'ary  Pioard.'  let  us  go  l)ack  of  Iowa 
iiistoi-y  to  that  of  the  Territory  of  Wisconsin.  When  in  1837 
the  capital  of  Wisconsin  Territory  was  removed  from  Bel- 
mont   to    Piurlington,    one   James    (/larke,    a    newspajier    i)ub- 


'Judge  Deemer  mo\t"d  that  tlie  librarian  collect  and  edit  the  territorial 
and  early  reports  of  the  State  Liljrary  and  prepare  them  for  publication 
in  the  earliest  number  pcssible  of  the  Annals,  an  I  that  reprints  to  the 
number  whicii  shall  Ije  designated  1),\-  Mr.   Brisham   be  published.      Carried. 

Minutes   of   the   Iowa   State   Lihrary    Uoanl.   SciJtcinbcr.    I'.it.i. 


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lislu-r.  tlK^n  t\vriity-<1ve  yc'jirs  old.  made  luiste  to  found  in  tlic 
new  cai)ital  the  Wisconsin  T(  rrilorid!  (iaz(  lie  and  Burlin</f(iii 
A(Iv(  j-lisrr.  When  the  Tt'rritorial  I.il)i'ai'y  of  Wisconsin  was 
founded  by  Congress,  the  Territoi'ial  Legislature  appointed 
I'eter  Hill  tangle  of  Dulueiue.  at  the  time  Speaker  of  the 
Wisconsin  House,  to  co-operate  with  Gen.  Oreorge  W.  -lom^s 
of  Duhucjue.  Wisconsin's  delegate  in  Congress,  and  Senators 
John  ]\I.  Clayton  of  Delaware  and  Lewis  F.  Linn  of  Missouri, 
in  the  selection  and  purchase  of  a  library  "for  the  use  of 
the  teri'itory."  When  (iovernor  Dodge  of  Wisconsin  Ter- 
ritory looked  the  field  over  for  librarian,  he  selected  for  that 
office  his  son-indaw.  James  Clarke,  the  Burlington  publisher, 
who  eight  years  afterward  became  Territorial  (iovernor  of 
Iowa.  Thus  it  hapi)ened  that  the  library  interests  of  the 
State  of  Wisconsin,  now  so  extensive,  had  their  origin"  in  what 
is  now  the  State  of  Iowa,  and  in  the  initiative  of  men  who 
were  residents  of  the  territory  beyond  the  ^Mississippi  which 
a  few  UKiiths  later  was  included  in  the  territory  of  Iowa. 

There  has  recently  come  into  the  possession  of  the  His- 
torical Department  of  Iowa  a  time-worn  copy  of  Tin  \V(  st(  in 
Adniihirrr  and  Il(iahl  of  IIk  V  ppi  r  Mississippi,  Th.  Gregg, 
etlitor.  dated  Montrose.  AYisccnsin  Territory,  August  5.  1837, 
— nearly  a  year  before  the  Territory  of  Iowa  was  born.  Tliis 
newspaper  contains  an  article  copieil  from  Mr.  Clai'ke's 
paper,  the  (i(i:<H(,  of  l>ui'linuton. — doul)tless  written  or  in- 
spired by  the  newly  apjicinfed  libi-arian. — which  presents  an 
interesting  [licture  of  a  librai'y  aidedating  by  nearly  a  year 
the  pioneer  library  of  Iowa,  and  without  doubt  the  first  pub- 
lic library  established  witliin  the  limits  of  the  present  State 
of  Iowa.     It  I'cads  : 

TERRITORIAL    LIBRARY. 

Ja.mes  Ci  akkk.  having  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,  Territorial 
Librarian,  has  just  opened  and  arranged,  in  a  convenient  and  hand- 
some style,  the  new  Territorial  Library,  in  a  large,  airy  and  con- 
venient front  room,  in  the  second  story  of  the  commodious  house  at 
the  corner  of  Columbia  and  Main  Streets,  directly  opposite  the  west 
front  of  the  Ouisconsin  Hotel,  kept  by  that  most  worthy  citizen  and 


excellent  publican,  (^apt.  J.  C.  Sleeth.  This  library  is  quite  extensive, 
and  extremely  well  selected,  the  chief  credit  of  which  is  due  to  our 
estimable  friend.  P.  Hill  Engle,  Esq.,  of  Dubuque,  who  was  one  and 
th<^  acting  member  of  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Legislature  at 
their  last  session,  for  the  purpose  of  drawing  and  expending  the 
five  thousand  dollars  appropriated  by  Congress,  in  the  organic 
law,  for  the  purchase  of  a  library  for  the  use  of  the  Territory.  The 
library  cost  nearly  the  whole  of  the  amount  appropriated,  and  con- 
tains about  twelve  hundred  volumes,  of  law  and  miscellany.  The 
law  library,  containing  about  eight  hundred  volumes,  embracing 
important  state  papers,  especially  useful  to  the  legislator,  such  as 
the  Diplomatic  Correspondence,  Elliott's  State  Conventions  and 
Debates  on  the  Federal  Constitution,  Congressional  Debates,  Jour- 
nals of  Congress,  &c.  &c.,  is  very  complete — the  best  in  the  Territory 
certainly,  and  perhaps  the  best  in  the  Upper  Mississippi  country. 
Indeed,  considering  the  number  of  volumes— and  it  is  large  enough 
in  all  conscience  for  us — it  could  not  well  be  surpassed.  As  we 
before  stated,  it  has  been  selected  with  nice  judgment  and  great 
care,  and  embraces  everything  which  can  well  be  desired  by  the 
Executive,  Legislative  and  .Tudicial  departments  of  the  Territory, 
for  whose  especial  use  it  was  procured,  and  it  contains  no  useless 
lumber.  The  miscellaneous  department  is  about  half  as  large  as  the 
legal,  or  as  we  shall  term  it,  the  legal  and  political.  It  is  also  well 
selected,  and  is  an  admirable  foundation  to  build  a  library  upon.  It 
embraces  standard  works  upon  the  most  important  subjects,  among 
which  we  may  mention  a  few  of  the  principal,  viz.:  The  North 
American  Review,  35  vols.;  Encyclopedia  Americana,  13  vols.; 
Malte  Brun's  Universal  Geography,  6  vols.;  History  of  England,  by 
Hume.  Smollet  and  Miller,  4  vols.;  Mitford's  Greece,  8  vols.;  Mill's 
British  India,  6  vols.;  Clarendon's  History  of  the  Rebellion,  6  vols.; 
British  Essayists,  embracing  the  Spectator,  Tatler,  Guardian,  Ramb- 
ler, Idler,  Adventurer,  World,  Mirror,  Lounger,  Observer,  Connois- 
seur, and  others,  in  5  vols.;  Hume's  Philosophical  Works,  4  vols.; 
Burke's  Works,  3  vols.;  Bentham's  Rationale,  5  vols.;  with  Stewart's, 
Paley's,  Locke's,  Malthus's,  Goldsmith's,  Sismundl's,  Swift's,  Sterne's, 
and  many  other  works  of  reputation,  in  prose  and  poetry — in  his- 
tory and  fiction. 

With  the  help  of  this  excellent  library — for,  as  the  learned  Watts 
well  terms  them,  "Books,  are  a  sort  of  dumb  teachers,"  the  labors  of 
our  public  functionaries  will  be  greatly  facilitated  and  expedited 
the  next  session;  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  in  many  other  respects, 
they  will  be  far  better  provided  for,  both  as  respects  comfort  and 
business,  the  ensuing  session,  than  they  were  the  last.  We  mean 
nothing  invidious  in  this  remark;  but  our  capacities  for  their 
accommodation  are  certainly  greater  than  those  of  Belmont — the 
result,  probably,  of  greater  age,  &c.  &c. 


IOWA'S  PIONEER  LIBRARY  FOUNDED  BY  CONGRESS. 

The  history  of  the  Iowa  State  Library  commences  with  the 
act  of  Congress  dividing  the  Territory  of  Wisconsin  and  es- 
tablishing the  territorial  government  of  Iowa.  The  act  was 
approved  June  12.  1888.  It  appropriated  the  snm  of  $5,000 
to  l)e  expended  by  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor 
of  the  Territory  "in  the  purchase  of  a  library,  to  be  Ivcpt 
at  the  seat  of  Government,  foi'  the  accommodation  of  the 
Governor,  Legislative  Assembly,  judges,  secretary,  marshal, 
and  attorney  of  said  Territory,  and  such  other  persons  as 
the  (rovernor  and  Legislative  Assembly  shall  direct." 

In  1888,  Roliert  Lucas,  ex-Governor  of  Ohio,  was  ap])ointed 
(iovernor  of  the  new  territory  and  Burlington  was  chosen 
by  him  as  the  territory's  capital.  Theodore  S.  Parvin  came 
with  Governor  Lucas  to  Iowa  and  was  appointed  by  him  Ter- 
ritorial Librarian  pro  tem.,  until  the  Territorial  Council 
should  create  the  position  and  name  the  librarian.  It  is  too 
nnich  to  assume  that  Mr.  Parvin  selected  the  books  which 
(•(instituted  the  original  library;  l)ut  not  too  much  to  assume 
that  the  Governor  consulted  ^Ir.  Parvin,  college-educated 
man,  teacher  and  lawyer  as  he  was,  in  the  final  selection  of 
books  for  the  library.  The  exact  nature  and  extent  of  the 
assistance  rendei-ed  is  not  made  elear  in  the  official  papers 
(.f  the  Lucas  administration,  oi-  in  tlie  diai-y  left  ])y  Mr. 
Parvin. 

The  Life  of  Robert  Lucas,  published  by  the  State  His- 
torical Society,"^  states  that  while  in  Cincinnati,  in  July, 
1888,  the  newly  appointed  (iovernor,  noting  the  library  clause 
in  the  organic  act  creating  the  territory,  "made  selection  of 
volumes  which  lie  deemed  suitable  foi-  the  needs  of  a  pioneei- 
government  and  left  the  list  with  Edward  Lucas  &  Company, 
booksellers. ' ' 

^\r.  Parvin.  in  his  biographical  sketch  of  Governor  Lucas, 
publislicd  ill  18!)(),-  says  that  "while  the  Govermn-  had  not 
had  the  advantage  in  early  life  of  access  to  books,  he  was  a 

•■'Roliert  Lucas,  by  Jolm  C.  Parish,  Iowa  Biograpliical  Series,  edited  by 
Ben.iamin  F.   Sliambaugh,   State   Historical   Society,    1907,   p.   161. 

-General  Robert  Lucas,  First  Governor  of  Iowa,  1838-1841,  by  Hon.  T.  S. 
Parvin,  Private  Secretary,  1838-39.    Annals  of  Iowa,  ,Tuly,   lS9fi,  pp.   42.'')-2G. 


warm  friend  of  libraries,  and  es{iecially  fostered  the  or- 
uanization  of  a  territorial  library.  Congress  havino'  made  an 
.•ip])ropriation  of  $5,000  for  tliis  pnrpose,  he  connuissioned  tlic 
writer  to  go  east  and  make  the  pnrehMse." 

Distinctly  recalling  a  conversation  with  i\Ir.  Parvin,  early 
in 'the  nineties,  the  writer  of  this  sketch  reconciles  these  con- 
flicting statements'  by  attributing  to  the  venerable  pioneer  a 
lapse  of  memory  which  was  afterwards  corrected  by  him  in 
the  c(;nversation  referred  to.  The  fact  is  that  Governor  Tineas 
and  Mr.  Parvin  first  met  in  Cincinnati  and  the  (Jovernor  in- 
vifed  liim  to  become  a  meml)er  of  his  i)olitical  family, — first 
acting  temporarily  as  private  secretary;  that  the  young  man 
accepted  the  invitation  and  that  together  they  made  the  jour- 
ney to  Burlington,  Iowa,  and  that  later  Mr.  Parvin  was  ap- 
pointeti  by  the  Governor  librarian  of  the  Territoiy.  ^Ir. 
Parvin  informed  the  writer  that  while  the  books  in  tlie  library 
were  officially  selected  by  the  Governor,  the  list  was  sub- 
mitted to  him  for  final  revision. 

The  after-trip  east,  in  1839,  to  which  ^Ir.  Parvin  refers, 
was  evidently  taken  with  the  double  purpose  of  l)uying  sta- 
tionery for  th(^  Ten-itory  and  of  expediting  the  shipment  of 
tlie  l)ooks  {)m'chased  for  the  library  in  1838. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  PARVIN  DIARY. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Xewton  R.  Parvin,  T  havi' 
had  access  to  the  valuable  diary  written  l)y  liis  hoiKu-ed  father, 
Theodore  S.  Parvin,  first  dc  facto  librarian  of  Iowa,  which 
throws  an  interesting  light  upon  the  circumstances  leading 
down  to  i\Ir.  Parvin 's  connection  with  the  Territorial  Library. 
Omitting  much  that  is  of  interest  in  the  diary — much  which  I 
trust  will  ultimately  be  published  in  book  form — relative  to 
the  association  of  ]Mr.  Parvin  with  the  first  Territorial  (iov- 
ernor  of  Iowa,  and  confining  myself  to  the  all-too-brief  refer- 
eiK  es  to  the  subject  in  hand,  I  note  the  following  announce- 
ment of  the  new  purpose  which  had  conu^  into  the  life  of  the 
young  student,  educator  and  lawyer: 

July  27,  [1838]  I  have  now  determined  to  "take  up  my  bed  and 
walk"  to  Iowa  Territory — My  reasons  for  doing  so,  in  part  are  com- 


mon  to  emmisraiits— but  a  part  will  for  the  present  remain  a  mys- 
tery to  all  but  oner  Time  may  develop  further — the  present  is  to 
others  rapt  in  darkness. 

In  accordance  with  this  determination  I  packed  up  my  books. 
Called  on  J.  C.  Avery  ^&  with  him  called  to  see  Governor  Lucas  of 
the  Territory  who  now  is  in  the  City  on  his  way  thither  he  being 
out  did  not  see  him.    .    .    . 

Tlieii  follows  a  brief  refeveneo  to  'Mr.  Parviu's  introduc- 
lioii  to  (Jovonior  Lucas: 

.luly  30.  .  .  .  Called  with  J.  C.  Avery  Esq  by  whom  I  was  intro- 
duced to  Gov.  Lucas  here  on  his  way  to  the  new  Territory  of  Iowa, 
where  he  is  appointed  Gov.  Made  arrangements  to  accompany 
him.   .    .    . 

Under  date  of  Auo'ust  1.  ls\v.  I'arvin  notes  his  departure 
for  the  then  "far  West:"" 

At  2  P.  M.  I  took  aboard  the  Steam  Boat,  "Tempest"  Capt.  Burt 
my  baggage  consisting  of  Books  Law  Political  &  Miscellaneous  etc. 
to  near  300  vols. 

At  half  past  5  o'flock  in  company  with  R.  Lucas  Gov.  of  Iowa  and 
Mr.  Jesse  Williams  of  C.  I  left  Home  bound  for  the  far  West — 
Burlington  Iowa  presented  to  the  Gov  a  letter  of  recommendation 
drawn  by  T.  Walker  Esq  and  signed  by  several  of  our  mutual 
friends.   ... 

Here  is  an  illuminatino'  picture  of  the  founder  of  the  Ter- 
ritorial Library,  Governor  Lucas : 

August  4.  Laid  too  most  of  the  night  in  repairing  the  flat  which 
proved  leaky. 

While  writing,  my  friend  the  Gov.  is  (as  is  generally  the  case 
with  him)  reading — Bucklands  Geology  a  science  of  which  he  is 
very  fond,  he  is  a  man  of  extensive  information,  possessing  much 
knowledge  of  the  country  politically,  geographically  and  historic- 
ally. .  .  He  is  advanced  in  years  |57]  wears  double  glass  specks  of 
good  size,  well  formed,  erect  and  presenting  a  fine  appearance  of 
social  qualities,  plain  and  unassuming  almost  to  a  fault  active  and 
of  business  habits  and  well  calculated  for  the  station  he  holds 
which  he  will  no  doubt  fill  with  honor  to  himself  and  country, 
having  the  experience  of  2  terms  of  gubernatorialship  of  a  great 
state  the  duties  of  lawgiver  are  familiar  to  him.   .    . 

■'A  reference  to  his  encasement  to  be  married. 


— 9— 

Tliat  ^Fr.  l^'arviii  amio  to  Town  well  oqnippcd  for  his  time 
with  Wdfkinu'  tools,  is  I'vidciiccd  h\-  Ihc   foHowinii' : 

Aug.  16.  Posted  my  accounts  found  my  self  in  the  possession  of 
i?135.00  a  good  &  extensive  wardrobe  and  a  Library  of  near  50 
Law  &  250  Miscellaneous  vols,  worth  $500.00. 

With  this  I  commenced  the  world  on  my  "own  hook."    .    .    . 

]\[r.  Parvin's  later  trip  to  Cincinnati,  already  referred  to, 
was,,  as  it  appears  in  the  diary,  for  the  ]>im'hase  of  stationery, 
et  eetera, — the  et  cetera  lieing'  uiuloiil)tedly  an  investigation 
of  the  progress  of  the  hooksellers  in  forwarding  the  books  for 
the  Territorial  Librai-y.     He  says: 

Sept.  9.  .  .  .  My  object  in  going  to  Cincinnati  being  to  purchase 
stationary  etc  for  the  Territory  preparatory  arrangements  had  of 
course  to  be  made  with  Sec.  Conway.   .    . 

It  is  interesting,  in  passing,  to  note  that  his  return  to 
Cincinnati  was  not  via  the  Ohio  river,  but  by  the  JMississippi 
to  Galena,  by  stage  from  Galena  to  Chicago,  by  steamer  from 
Cliieago  to  Cleveland  and  by  stage  from  Cleveland  to  Cincin- 
nati, lie  ari'ived  in  Cincinnati  September  27,  having  been 
eighteen  days  enroute. 

As  Secretary  Conway,  in  the  course  of  his  bitter  contro- 
versy with  Governor  Lucas,  denied  Mr.  Parvin's  authority  to 
represent  the  Territory  in  Cincinnati  at  this  time,  it  is  well 
1o  note  the  following  passage  from  the  Parvin  diary: 

Sept.  28.  Called  on  Genl  Haines  in  relation  to  the  business  which 
had  brot  me  to  the  City  viz.  to  attend  to  the  Territorial  Library  and 
Stationary  &  Press  for  a  Seal  all  for  Iowa  T.  Called  at  Surveyor 
Genl  Office  and  Messrs  Lucas  &  Co's  Bookstore  for  same  purpose. 

Under  date  of  October  4,  ]\Ir.  Parvin  notes  the  reception 
of  "a  letter  from  W.  B.  Conway  Sec.  of  Iowa  Territory  in 
i'('lati(in  to  the  business  for  which  I  came  to  the  city." 

Under  date  of  October  8,  he  notes  that  Mr.  Sam  Williams 
a.ssisted  him  "in  |)nT'cliasing  Stationai'y  &c  for  Ihc  Tery  of 
Iowa." 

On  December  M.  18;]S,  he  not(>s  a  trip  to  St.  Lonis  "after 
the  stationary  whidi  1  ])nrchascd  in  Cinti  in  S('|)t  hist.  The 
Sec  i-efust'd  lo  pay  till  Ihc  goods  were  delivered." 


—10- 

Referring  to  the  controversy  between  Ciovernor  Lncas  and 
Secretary  Conway,  ]\Ir.  Parviii  says: 

.Jan.  23.  |1839|  While  absent  the  Sec.  answered  the  Govs,  letter 
&  took  occasion  to  use  my  name  in  a  manner  altogether  unwar- 
ranted— look  out.   .    . 

His  entry  of  April  9,  IS'A':),  nolcs  the  arrival  of  the  books 
for  the  Territorial  Library,  they  "having  ))een  detained  lasl 
fall  by  the  ice,  etc." 

His  entry  of  the  following  day  was  briefly  given  as  follows: 
April  10.     Appointed  by  Gov.  Lucas  Librarian.    .    . 

April  15,  he  notes  the  renting  of  "a  room  for  the  library" 
and  the  fact  that  he  is  "making  ont  a  I'atalogne ;"  and  llie 
foUowing  day  he  is  "engaged  at  Catalogne. " 

That  the  library  did  not  command  his  entire  time  and  at- 
tention is  implied  from  the  entry  of  April  '2-1,  as  follows: 

Received  from  the  Governor  the  office  of  District  Prosecutor  for 
the  2d  judicial   District  of  Iowa  Territory. 

On  OclolxM'  24,  he  notes  his  resignation  as  district  attorney, 
beeanse  of  "inadequacy  of  compensation  and  the  uneurrency 
of  the' funds  in  which  the  payments  were  made." 

In  a  review  of  the  year  18-39.  dated  December  81,  ^Ir.  I'ar- 

vin  refers  to  his  trips  to  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis,  and  adds: 

I  returned  to  B.   |  Burlington]  and  resumed  my  station  as  private 

Secretary  to  Gov.   Lucas — Received   the  appointment  Librarian   for 

the  Terry. 

The  fact  that  ^fr.  Parvin  acted  as  Private  Secretary  has 
been  (luestioned,  presumably  by  those  who  did  not  have 
access  to  all  the  data  relating  thereto;  ))ut  no  reader  of  this 
diary  can  (juestion  the  fact  that  Mr.  Parvin  rendered  service 
1o  the  Covei'iior  in  tliat  capacity,  even  though  there  was  no 
rormal  appointment.  There  are  friMiuent  references  to  the 
pi'es.snre  of  ofticial  1)usiness.  tlie  copying  of  messages,  etc.. 
etc.  There  are  also  fre(iuent  I'eferences  to  the  trial  of 
causes  in  coiii't,  the  whole  record  showing  that  ^Ir.  Parvin 
early  in  his  twenties,  as  in  fact  thi'oughout  his  later  career, 
led  an  e.xceedingly  strenuous  life  foi'  one  avIio  was  never 
|)hysically  strong.  It  may  be  mentioned  in  this  connection 
that  the  diarv  contains  manv  illusions  to  its  author's  interest 


Kobcrt  CttCrts, 

GOVERAOR   OF  THE    TERRITORY    OF  IOWA. 


TO  ALL  TO  WHOM  THESE  PRESENTS  MAY  COME-GKEETING: 

Know  Ye.  .Ti;„.  «!,»«„<,  ^^Jnu^  a„j«.,pcnc<-  u,  ir.c  i..u.y,t,^  ...u^atu,  <|  i^>/'/^«-^<^'^^^. 


_^..., 


^t'll^  .f  5r  liclclni    aulluuro  ni><^  c...l.o,vc.    I..m  t.    ciccia.-  and  fuf|if  til,-   ^llu>)  of  lilt 
HOLD  iff  »ai<i  c{;.M,.i-ali    off  liif  ligfUi,  |,uiili<)",  and  r„ulu.iicnl6  ific 


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X^     ^.<., 


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unfcM  iC-  Cf'^wcLu.  i{  ll'i.-  ^au^  iTcluiol,,,  fol  ifcf  tunf.  (.au<,.  »f>ouC>  ifimft  l.u-j.cl   sooneltr  iw^Cc  OJti  detcw  itw  (f<«unu»u-a 

IVTESTIMOW. WHEREOF,    .f    Ui..   caujcil  if.cw  2:ett«u  U.  U  wade  "^patcn-,,   a^.d    lA* 
<§u»t.  \f,A  .{  iJIe  ?r.u,Ur^  t>  I'.p  fu-w„„u  aff,x<:d 

iRirvngW  liTAnciTBTO  ^my  THTA'CTTff)_,    at  '^uifmcjk.i,       ,yi:.->^>7i^^  <W  of 

,^^^^'^^-^  ,n  tf,c  ,jca.  of  o.a  ft«;^  „„.  tCouioni  „,,|;t  CunA,  :,->  ,.nA  li;.U>>-„c«, 


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THE  GOVEBNOR 


Theodore  ,S.  Parvin'.s  Commission  as  Territorial 
Librarian  of  Iowa. 


—11— 

ill  litci'iilui'c.  Duriiii;'  llu'sc  busy  years  he  wjis  ji  rcatirr  of 
ihiiici'urt.  ('Iiainiiiii;'.  iMncrsoii.  Urou^'liam,  (lt''P()('(|iic\illc, 
Nii'bulir.  IrviiiL;-,  and  otlici'  autliois  of  K'ss  nctc,  besides  nearly 
a.  1 1  the  standard  antliors  of  law  te\t-l)oi)ks. 

REFERENCES  TO  THE  LIBRARY  IN  THE  LUCAS  PAPERS. 

That  the  trip  east  to  whieh  Mr.  I'arvin  refers  was  only  iii- 
e'dentally  in  the  interest  of  the  library  is  fully  eonfiriued  by 
a  letter  written  by  (iovernor  Liieas  to  Secretary  Conway, 
September  5.  18:58.  The  (loverncr  referred  to  the  need  of 
stationery  foi'  the  use  of  the  legislature  and  suggested  that 
Mr.  Parvin.  who  was  expecting  to  start  for  CJineinnati  in  a 
few  days,  should  there  procure  sneli  sui)plies  as  Conway 
might  deem  proper  to  authorize.  Other  matters  prevented 
an  early  consideration  of  the  subject.  ^leanwhile  Mr.  Parvin 
luul  ."tarted  for  Cincinnati.  On  his  way  up  the  river,  he  met 
at  Davenport  the  irascil)le  Conway,  and  the  two  journeyed 
together  as  far  as  Calena.  ('ouway  refused  to  authorize  the 
purchase  of  the  stationery  l)y  Parvin  and  afterwards  re- 
buked the  Covernor  for  commissioning  his  i)rivate  secretary, 
simply  l;ecause  "the  })erson  last  named"  was  going  to  Cin- 
cinnati and  l)eeause  the  Governor  "therefore  thought  sta- 
tionery could  be  had  cheaper  in  that  place." 

The  matter  was  arranged  and  Parvin  was  commissioned 
lo  purch-ise  the  supplies.  "He  was  also  entrusted  with  the 
task  of  sliipping  to  the  Territory  the  library  of  books  which 
(Iovernor  i^ucas  had  selected  in  Cincinnati  while  on  his  way 
to  Iowa.  The  extremely  low  water  in  the  river  prevented 
the  materials  being  sent  to  the  new  Territory  for  some  time. 
The  delay  occasioned  fui-ther  expressions  of  dissatisfaction 
from  the  Seiretai'y  of  the  Territory.""' 

Keferring  to  the  (Hscrei)ancy  in  the  n^-ord,  .Mi-.  Parish,  the 
biographer  of  Robert  Lucas,  in  a  note.-'  says  the  Parvin  diary 
show?,  that  Parvin  did  not  sele.-t  the  Territorial  Library,  "as 
bite  in  life  he  was  wont  to  intimate,"  that  the  selection  was 
made  by  Lucas  himself;  "while  Par\'in  was  simply  employed 

^Robert  Luca.s,  by  John  C.  Parish,  State  Historical  Society,  1907,  pp. 
176-178. 

•"'Parisli — Robert  Lucas — note   I'io,   p.   322. 


—12— 

as  ail  agoDt  to  purchase  and  ship  the  l)ooks  to  tlie  new 
Territory. ■■  I'ut  the  (lovernor's  acknowledgment  of  aid 
from  friends  in  the  selection,  coupled  with  Mr,  Parvin's  oft 
reiterated  claim,  warrants  the  inference  that  the  (Jovernor 
availed  himself  of  his  i)ri\ate  secretary's  alnlity  to  aid  him 
in  the  final  selection  of  the  nucleus  of  the  new  lihrary. 

Governor  Lucas  in  his  first  annual  message,"  dated  Novem- 
l)er  12,  1838,  says : 

An  appropriation  of  five  thousand  dollars  was  made  by  Congress 
to  be  expended,  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor,  in  the  pur- 
chase of  a  library  for  the  Territory.  Previous  to  leaving  Ohio,  in 
Jun-e  last,  (with  the  assistance  of  several  literary  friends,)  I  made 
out  a  catalogue  of  such  standard  works  as  are  deemed  most  im- 
portant as  the  foundation  of  a  public  library,  and  put  the  catalogue 
into  the  hands  of  an  agent  in  Cincinnati  to  make  the  purchase  for 
me.  Those  books  that  could  be  procured  in  the  western  country, 
have  been  purchased  and  have  been  at  Cincinnati  for  some  time, 
waiting  to  be  forwarded  the  first  rise  of  wat«r  in  the  Ohio  river. 
By  advices  from  Cincinnati,  I  learn  that  the  agent  has  been  for 
some  time  in  the  eastern  cities,  where  he  will  complete  the  pur- 
chases to  the  extent  of  the  appropriation.  So  soon  as  the  Ohio 
river  is  navigable,  we  may  expect  the  arrival  of  those  books  that 
have  been  purchased,  and  the  remainder  of  the  library  as  soon 
thereafter  as  practicable. 

The  (iovci'uor  notes  tlie  |)rescntatiiin.  Iiy  Dr.  O.  Fairchild. 
of  C'incinziati.  of  a  valuable  set  of  maps,  which  he  in  turn 
presents  to  the  lihrary — the  first  gift,  of  record,  to  a  lihi-ary 
which  has  been  the  recipient  of  many  valuable  donations. 
He  adds: 

So  the  library  is  expected  in  a  short  time.  I  would  suggest  the 
propriety  of  passing  a  law  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  a 
librarian,  to  define  his  duties,  and  to  regulate  the  library.  So  soon 
as  the  library  arrivrs,  a  catalogue  of  the  books  shall  be  immediately 
laid  before  you. 

In  his  second  message,  dated  November  5.  1830.  Governor 
TiUeas  made  this  reference : 

The  appropriation  made  by  Congress  for  the  purchase  of  a  Terri- 
torial Library  has  been  expended,  and  the  books  received.  The 
Legislative  Assembly  having  failed,  at  the  last  session,  to  pass  a 
law  to  regulate  the  Library,  the  Executive  procured  a  room,  had  it 


"Me.ssages    and    Proclamations    of    the    Governors    of    Iowa,    compiled    by 
Benjamin   F.   Shambaugh,   State  Historical   Society,   v.   I,   pp.   90-91. 


—13— 

fitted  up  as  a  library  room,  witli  cases  for  the  books,  in  \vhicli  tliry 
arc  now  placed,  and  under  the  care  of  Charles  Weston,  Esq.,  who 
was,  on  the  ISth  of  October  last,  appointed  Librarian  pro  tern. 
This  course  was  thought  advisrable  by  the  Executive,  so  that  the 
members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  might  have  the  benefit  of  the 
Library  at  the  commencement  of  the  session.  There  being  no  pro- 
vision made  by  law  for  paying  the  rent  of  the  library  room,  and 
other  incidental  expenses  connected  therewith,  Mr.  John  S.  David, 
the  proprietor  of  the  building,  agreed  to  fit  up  the  room,  and  wait 
the  pleasure  of  the  Legislature  to  make  him  such  .an  allowance  as 
they  might  deem  reasonable. 

I  would  respectfully  recommend  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  the 
early  passage  of  a  law  to  regulate  the  Territorial  Library — to  pro- 
vide for  the  appointment  of  Librarian— fix  his  compensation,  de- 
fine his  duties,  and  provide  for  the  payment  of  other  necessary 
expenses  of  the  Library.  I  think  it  also  would  be  of  great  import- 
ance to  provid3  for  a  gradual  increase  of  the  Library,  by  a  small 
annual  appropriation,  to  bo  expended  by  the  Librarian  in  subscrip- 
tion to  important  periodical  works,  and  the  purchase  of  such  other 
books  as  might  be  deemed  most  useful  to  the  Territory,  and  dif- 
fuse the  greatest  degree  of  useful  knowledge  among  the  people. 
A  catalogue  of  the  books  and  maps  in  the  library  will  be  submitted 
to  the  consideration  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  by  the  Librarian 
as  scon  as  it  can  be  conveniently  made  out. 

THE  LIBRARY'S  FIRST  CATALOGUE. 

'Vhv  books  selected  by  Governor  Lue.is  tiided  l)y  ''several 
literary  friends,"  Avere  cataloged  by  ^Ir.  I'arvin'  in  a  little 
painpldet  of  eiybteen  pages,  forming  the  substructure  of  the 
pres^Mit  State  Library  with  its  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
thousand  volumes. 

This  brief  catalogue  is  interesting  to  the  present-day  stu- 
('ent  of  history,  literature  and  law.  as  showing  not  only  the 
bent  of  mind  of  the  original  purchaser  and  his  advisers,  but 
also  as  throwing  ligiit  upon  what  was  then  regarded  as  es- 
sential to  a  reference  library  for  official  and  general  use. 
While  most  of  the  law  text-books  named  are  still  authorities, 
and  most  of  the  litei-ary  works  named  still  have  literary  value, 


•Mrs.  Ada  North.  State  Litirariaii  in  1S71,  in  a  brief  liistorical  sketch 
of  the  library  states  that  tlie  cataloR  was  "preparorl  by  Judge  McLean," 
but  the  statement  runs  directly  eounter  to  Mr.  Parvin's  positive  claim, 
to  which   reference  lias   been   and   will   asain   be  made. 


—14— 

nevertheless',   the  lists  in  their  entirety  give  evidence  of   an 
evolution  in  the  world  of  books.* 

The  title-page  of  this  catalog  is  elsewhere  reproduced, 
full-size,  as  it  came  from  the  press  of  Burlington's  pioneer 
printer,  James  G.  Edwards  of  the  Burlington  Hawk-Eyc. 

THE   PIONEER    LIBRARIAN   OF   IOWA. 

Theodore  S.  Parvin's  brief  career  as  private  secretary  to 
Governor  Lucas,  and  as  acting  librarian,  may  be  said  to  cover 
the  period  between  July  30,  1838,  when  INIr.  Parvin  decided 
to  accompany  Governor  Lucas  to  Iowa,  to  April  10,  1839, 
when  he  was  formally  appointed  librarian  of  the  territory. 
His  services  as  librarian  by  appointment  doubtless  continued 
from  April  10  to  October  18,  1839,  when  he,  having  been 
appointed  I'nited  States  District  Attorney,  was  relieved  by 
Charles  Weston,  wlio  presumably  held  the  office  until  his 
successor,  Morgan  Eeno,  was  chosen.  As  he  himself,  years 
afterwards,  stated  in  a  note  to  the  present  librarian  accom- 
panying his  presentation  of  the  Catalogue  of  1845,  Mr. 
Parvin  not  only  assisted  in  the  selection  of  the  books  which 
formed  the  nucleus  of  the  present  State  Library,  but  also, 
alone  and  unassisted,  catalogued  and  shelved  the  books  se- 
lected. 

In  a  large  minority  of  the  States  of  the  Union,  including 
several  otherwise  great  ( ommonweaiths,  the  institution 
known  as  the  State  Library  is  little  more  than  a  receptacle 
for  law  reports  and  state  and  national  documents.  It  is  a 
matter  of  pride  and  satisfaction  to  lowans  that  away  back 
in  1838,  Iowa's  first  territorial  governor  had  the  far-sighted- 
nes-s  to  call  to  his  aid  as  librarian  a  student  of  ho\\\  literature 
and  the  law.  and  that  the  pioneer  library  of  Iowa  included 
not  only  law  repoi'is.  l)ut  also  standard  works  of  literatui'e, 
science  and  law.  It  is  possibU'  that  but  for  this  trend,  thus 
early  established,  Iowa's  library  might  now  be  classed  with 
the  non-progressive  state  libraries  of  iMissouri,  Arkansas  and 
other  States  in  the  middle-West  and  South. 


'"This  list  of  books  is  reproduced  entire  in  the  supplement  to  thi;s  sketch, 
marked  "A." 


—15— 

Nor  would  we  omit  to  draw  another  inference  from  Mr. 
Parviii"s  rareer.  Iloiioi-ed,  as  few  men  liave  been  honored, 
during'  a  long  life  of  iniblie  and  semi-public  service,  it  is 
scarcely  too  much  to  assume  that  during  his  brief  career  as 
library  organizer  and  librarian,  in  the  impressionable  years 
of  his  young  manhood,  there  then  developed  in  his  mind  a 
love  of  public  service  in  the  purchasing  and  handling  of 
books,  and  with  it  the  book-lover's  joy  in  collecting,  which 
prompted  him,  late  in  life,  to  found  the  Masonic  Li- 
brary of  Iowa — uni(pie  among  the  great  libraries  of  the 
world — an  institution  with  which  the  name  of  Theodore  S. 
I'arvin  will  ever  be  honorably  associated. 

Mr.  i*arvin  was  born  in  Cumberland  county,  New  Jersey, 
January  15,  1817.  He  graduated  from  Woodworth  College, 
Ohio,  in  1833,  and  from  the  Cincinnati  Law  School  in  1837. 
I^etween  these  dates,  he  made  for  himself  a  reputation  in 
Ohio  as  a  successful  educator.  His  association  with  Governor 
Lucas  as  private  secretary  and  as  territorial  librarian  has 
already  been  reviewed.  After  serving  as  United  States  dis- 
trict attorney  for  "the  middle  district"  of  Iowa,  l»o  tilled 
three  terms  as  probate  judge.  From  1846  to  1856  he  served 
as  clerk  of  the  United  States  District  Court.  In  1857  he  was 
elected  Register  of  the  Iowa  State  Land  Office.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  trustees  of  Iowa's  State  University,  and  for  ten 
years  was  professor  of  natural  sciences  in  tliat  institution. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  State  Historical  Society, 
and  for  several  years  edited  the  Ann.vls  of  Iowa  (first  series). 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Masonic  order  in  Iowa 
and  for  years  was  its  Grand  IMaster.  He  then  became  Grand 
Secretary,  and  held  that  office  until  his  decease.  He  died  at 
his  home  in  Cedar  Rapids,  June  28,  1901,  at  the  age  of  84. 

LEGISLATIVE    INDIFFERENCE    TO    THE    GOVERNOR'S 
RECOMMENDATION. 

The  first  record  of  a  legislative  response  to  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Governor  is  found  in  the  Journal  of  the 
First  House  of  Representatives,  Xovcmlier  21,  1838.  ;\Ir. 
Frierson,  of  Muscatine  county,   fi'oiii  a  conntiitlcc  to  [)rei)are 


—16— 

a  l)ill  respecting  the  Territorial  Library,  reported  House  File 
No.  ").  "a  l)ill  to  provide  for  the  safe  keeping  and  manage- 
iiuMit  of  tile  'I'erritorial  Library.'' 

J-'\!llo\ving  the  measure  through  the  session,  we  lind  that  on 
the  22d  of  the  same  ni(.nth  the  House  resolved  itself  into  a 
committee  of  the  whole  for  tiie  consideration  of  tlie  Library 
bill,  .Mr.  Cox  in  the  chair.  The  (ommittee  rose  and  reported 
the  bill  to  the  House  with  an  amendment,  in  which  the  eon- 
cnrrence.  of  the  House  was  asked.  The  House  pi'omptly  con- 
curred and  on  the  28d  the  bill  passed. 

On  the  2()th,  the  House  bill  was  conmiitted  to  a  committee 
of  the  whole,  "Sir.  Hempstead  in  the  chair.  The  committee  re- 
ported the  bill  to  the  Council,  with  sundry  amendments,  in 
which  that  body  concurred.  On  the  28th,  the  bill  was,  on 
motion  of  ^Ir.  Inghram,  referred  to  the  Council  Committee  on 
the  Judiciary.  On  the  lOth  of  December  it  was  reported 
out  and  considered  in  committee  of  the  whole,  ^Ir.  Whittlesey 
in  the  chair.  That  connnittee  reported  the  bill  with  snndry 
amendments,  in  which  the  Council  concurred.  On  motion  of 
^Ir.  Swazy,  it  was  i-econunitted  to  the  judiciary  committee. 
On  the  18th  it  again  went  to  the  committee  of  the  whole,  ^Ir. 
Clark  in  the  chair.  The  amendments  proposed  by  the  ju- 
diciary committee  were  accepted  by  the  Council.  On  the 
following  day  the  bill  was  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

Then  began  a  game  of  see-saw  lietween  the  two  houses. 

On  the  17th,  the  House  tO(.k  up  the  bill  as  amended  by 
the  Council.  Amendments  to  the  hrst  and  second  sections 
were  concurred  in;  but  the  amendment  to  the  third  section 
was  voted  down. 

The  discredit(>d  measure  cauK^  back  to  the  Council  and  was 
referred  to  the  connnittee^  on  the  Territtirial  Library.  On 
the  20th,  Mr.  Hempstead,  fi'om  Ihat  committee,  reported  back 
the  bill  without  moditication  ;  ami  the  Council  concurred  in 
the  report. 

A  joint  committee  was  cri'ated.  Tbat  committee  met  and 
agreed  to  disagree.  On  the  28th.  Mr.  Hastings  from  the  joint 
committee  of  the  House  reported  the  disagreenuMit.  The 
House  suslained  the  contention  of  its  committee,  and  so  the 
bill  failed  to  become  a  law. 


—17— 

But  the  ('ouiK'il  made  jiiiothi'i-  altciiii)!  to  pi'ooui'e  a  li- 
brary law.  On  the  2o(l  of  .Jaimary.  IS:^,!).  iK-ai'  tiic  dose  of 
the  session,  Mr.  Parker  obtained  leave  to  inti'oduee  in  iViat 
body  a  bill  of  similar  import,  wliieb  was  eonsidered  in  eoni- 
mittee  of  the  whele,  Mr.  Whittlesey  in  the  chair.  Snndry 
amendments  were  eonenrred  in  :  the  rules  were  suspended, 
llie  liill  was  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

The  bill  was  promptly  messa.ued  to  the  House,  and  on  the 
same  day  read  a  tirst  time.  The  bill  was  eonsidered  in  eom- 
mittee  of  the  whole,  Mr.  (i rimes  in  the  chair.  It  was  re- 
])orted  liaek  to  the  House  with  amendments,  only  a  jiart  ol" 
which  were  eonenrred  in.  On  motion  of  ^Ir.  (Irimes,  the  bill 
was  further  amended  by  inserting  after  the  fourth  section 
the  words:  ''Officers  of  the  Legislature,  and  officers  of  the 
supreme  court  during  the  present  session."-' 

It  was  further  moved  by  ^Iv.  Hastings,  that  the  vote  by 
which  the  salary  of  the  librarian  had  been  fixed  at  $200,  l)e 
reconsidered.  Though  the  motion  received  15  of  the  28 
votes'  in  the  Council,  not  having  received  the  reciuisite  two- 
thirds,  it  was  declared  lost. 

The  bill  was  laid  upon  the  table  until  the  tirst  Monday 
in  February.  Thus,  by  the  deliberate  action  of  a  large  nui- 
jorit}'  of  the  House,  the  first  Library  bill  in  the  history  of 
Iowa,  was  deliberately  killed.  Before  the  date  fixed  had  l)een 
reached,  the  First  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Territory  ad- 
journed si)te  die. 

It  is  humiliating  even  to  refer  to  the  apparent  cause  of  the 
defeat  of  a  measure  patriotically  conceived  and  carefully 
drawn,  and  rendered  necessary  by  the  action  of  Congress  in 
appropriating  money  for  a  Territorial  Library.  The  most 
charitable  construction  to  be  put  u[)on  the  long  (piarrel  over 
petty  amendments  and  the  final  defeat  of  the  bill,  is  that  the 
opposition  to  the  Governor,  headed  by  Hempstead  in  the 
Council  and  Grimes  in  the  House,  had  become  so  intense  that 
other  considerations  were  lost  sight  of,  in  the  i)artisan  move- 
ment to  thwart  and  defeat  the  (lovernor. 


"A  reference  to  thu.se  to  whom  the   libtarv   was  to 


—18- 
lOWA'S  PIONEER  LIBRARY  LEGISLATION. 

Let  us  now  fellow  the  response  of  the  Seeond  'J'erritoi'icil 
Legislature  to  the  renewed  i-econniiendation  of  tlie  (iovernor. 

On  the  7th  of  Xoveniher,  LS8i),  on  motion  of  Mr.  Hall  it 
was  ordered  by  the  House  that  so  mueh  of  the  ( iovernor "s 
^Message  as  referred  to  the  Territorial  Libi'ary  l)e  referred  to 
the  committee  on  the  Judiciary. 

Four  days  later,  J\[r.  Hastings,  from  that  committee,  re- 
ported House  File  No.  8,  "a  bill  to  provide  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  libraj'ian,  and  for  other  purposes." 

On  the  12th,  the  House  went  into  committee  of  the  whoK' 
for  the  consideration  of  the  bill,  ]\Ir.  Bailey  in  the  cliair. 
'j'he  (onnnittee  reported  the  bill  with  amendments  and  the 
J  louse  concurred  in  the  amendments. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Cox,  the  librarian  was  directed  to  ''keej) 
a  catalogue  of  all  l)ooks  in  the  library,  for  the  inspectie.u  of  all 
concerned."  .Mr.  Churchman  offered  a  technical  amendment 
to  the  11th  section  which  was  adopted.  A  motion  by  J\lr. 
Bailey  to  recommit  was  lost,  and,  on  motion  of  ]\lr.  Hastings, 
the  bill  was  made  the  order  of  business  on  the  14th. 

The  bill  was  not  reached,  however,  until  the  Kith  of  Xo- 
vemlier.  Though  the  House  Journal  omits  the  I'ccord  of  action 
on  the  measure,  the  Council  Journal  reports  that  on  that 
(hiy  the  bill  was  messaged  from  the  House. 

On  the  iSth,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Browne,  the  standing  com- 
mittee on  the  Territorial  Tiibrary  in  the  ui)i)ei-  house  was 
instructed  to  wait  upon  Governor  Lucas,  "and  i-espeetfully 
re({uest  him  to  furnish  them  with  a  catalogue  of  the  books 
c(;mposing  the  Territorial  Library,  together  with  the  oi-iginal 
inventory  of  pui'chase,   foi-  the  informalion  ol'  the  Council." 

Xext  day  the  House  bill  was  read  a  second  time  in  Ihe 
Council  and  cousidered  in  connnittee  of  the  whol(\  Mr. 
Pai'kei'  in  the  chair.  The  committee  reported  l)ac1<  the  bill 
wiUieut  amen(bnent,  and  the  Council  concuri'cd  in  the  I'e- 
port.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Inghram,  the  ])ill  went  to  the  Judi- 
ciar>'  committee. 

On  the  L»ls1,  .Mr.  Payne,  from  tiie  (\)uncil  library  com- 
miltee,    I'cporlcd    llial    1lie    (iovei-nor    had   supplied    Ihe   com- 


—  10— 

iiiitti'i.'  witli  ;i  caljild.iiuc  of  honks  and  with  llic  oi-iu'iiiaI  iii- 
A'ou'es  for  saiiic  and  these  were  suhinilted  for  Ihe  inspeelion  of 
the  Couueil. 

One  hundred  eopies  of  this  iii'st  eatah:)<4'ue  of  the  library 
were  ordered  printed  in  pamphlet  form,  and  100  eopies  of 
the   lu'port  and  aeeompanyino'  documents  in  sheet  form.' 

On  the  2r)th  of  November,  the  l)ill  as  amended,  ajiain  weni 
to  the  eonnnittee  of  the  whole,  'Sir.  Lewis  in  the  ehair.  As  re- 
ported l)aek,  it  included  additional  amendments  in  which  the 
Council  ccncurred.  The  tirst  section  was  amended,  placing  the 
appointinii'  jxnver  in  the  hands  of  the  (Jovernor.  witli  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  the  ('(Uincil.  Tlie  amendment  was  lost. 
The  bill  as  amended  went  to  a  third  reading. 

On  the  26th,  after  a  technical  amendment  had  been  agreed 
to,  the  bill  was  referred,  to  a  select  committee  appointed  by 
the  Chair.  ( onsisting  of  ^Messrs.  Whittlesey,  Parker  and 
8wazy. 

On  th(^  28th  the  amended  bill,  as  reported  back  from  this 
committee,  was  read  a  third  time.  A  motion  by  Mr.  Lewis  to 
increase  the  librarian's  salary  from  $210  to  $250  was  lost. 
The  bill  then  passed  the  House. 

On  the  2d  of  December,  the  bill  as  amended  by  the  Coun- 
i  il,  came  liack  to  tlu:-  IIou.>-;e.  A  conference  eonnnittee  was 
created  and  on  the  20th,  an  agreement  having  been  reached 
hy  the  joint  eonnnittee,  the  measure  passed  both  houses  and 
was  transmitted  to  the  (iover-nor  for  his  signature. 

On  the  same  tlay  (iovernor  Lucas  returned  the  bill  with 
his  veto."  tleclaring  th;;t  he  approved  of  all  its  pro\'isi()ns 
except  the  tirst  section,  which  [)rovided  for  the  a[)pointment 
of  a  librarian  ])y  .joint  ballot,  "a  mode  of  apjjointment  entire- 
ly unprovided  for  in  the  organic  law."'  He  called  attention 
t:)  his  opinion  on  that  \n.int  expressed  to  the  First  Legislative 
Assem])ly.  in  conununications  to  the  House  on  January  17 
and  21,  18:39.  The  opinion  then  e.xpressed  was  still  held  by 
the  Executive,  "and  howevei-  unpleasant  it  nuiy  be  to  dilTer 

'■'Of  the  hundred  coiiies  printed.  Mr.  Parxin'n;  copy  L marked  "A"  in  sup- 
plement to   thi.s  sketcli]    alone   remains. 

■  '"Messages  and  Proclamations  of  tlie  (Jo\crnors  of  Iowa,  v.  i,  pp. 
176-6. 


—20- 

willi  1li('  Iruislntivc  jisscinhly  in  ()|)iiiic)]i,"  he  (IcclMi'cd  lit' 
could  not  ('oii.-L'iciiliously  yield  his  jissciil  to  iiiiy  hill  tli;d  he 
h('lic\'t'd  ti;  he  coiitfary  in  its  provisions  to  the  or'^anic  law. 

Tlu'  House  i)roeeede(l  to  reeonsider,  and  the  (juestion,  he- 
iiig'  i)iit:  "Shall  the  bill  i)ass  by  the  ennstitiitional  majority  T' 
was  decided  in  the  negative  i)y  a  vote  of  ()  to  16.  So  the  bill 
failed  to  i)ass  over  the  veto. 

To  the  friends  (-f  the  Library  there  remained  but  (»ii<-' 
thing  to  ilo.  A  new  bill  was  prepared  modifying  the  objec- 
tionable section.  ()n  the  24th,  the  Hawkins  bill  (II.  F.  100) 
was  introduced  and  read  a  first  time. 

^Ir.  Cox,  one  of  the  six  who  voted  to  pass  the  original 
bill  over  the  veto,  moved  the  rejection  of  the  new  measure. 
The  motion  was  lost  by  a  vote  of  2  to  22 — Mr.  Langworthy 
alone  voting  with  Mr.  Cox. 

From  this  point  the  record  in  the  House  -Journal  is  not 
complete,  but  fi'om  the  Council  Journal  it  is  clear  thai,  on 
the  last  day  of  the  year  IH'.V.),  the  House  ])assed  the  Hawkins 
hill  and.  on  the  same  day,  the  ('ouncil  also  passed  it.  On  the 
4lh  day  of  -lanuary,  1S40,  the  bill  was  retui'iied  1o  the 
legislature  with  the  (;o\'ernor's  full  api)roval. 

LEGAL  STATUS  OF   THE  TERRITORIAL   LIBRARY. 

Xow.  h't  us  examine  this  long-delayed  piece  of  ennstruetive 
legislation,  that  we  may  note  the  original  legislative  concep- 
tion of  a  Territorial  Library,  and  mentally  note,  by  con- 
trast, the  evolution  of  Iowa's  Libi-ary  in  three-((uarters  of  a 
century. 

The  law"  proviiled  for  "the  ap[)ointment  of  a  librarian,  and 
for  othei-  purposes" — signed  by  (iovernor  Lucas  on  the  4th 
day  of  -Januai'y,  liS40,  made  the  term  of  ofhce  one  year,  and 
ga\'e  the  ai)pointing  power  to  the  (iovernoi'.  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Council.  It  pUt'-ed  the  libi'arian  under  oath 
to  >('rve  raithfuUy  and  placed  him  under  a  bond  of  ^o. (!()!). 

The  libi'ariali  was  hedged  in  with  limitations  preventing 
him    from   loaning  the   hooks  in   the  lihi'ary   e\cei)t   to  legisla- 


"Act.s  of   the    Sfcond    Lesislativi'   Ah;senil)l,v,  /rurrilury    uf    Iowa,    I81(i-ll. 
House  File  No.    lUO. 


^21- 

1()fs.  the  (lovcriior.  Ilic  Sccrdjiry  of  llic  I'crritor^'.  llic  .iiidLics 
(>r  the  Miprcitic  coiii'l.  the  riiilcd  St;itcs  ;it!(»nit\\'.  1hr  iii;il-- 
slijil  of  Hk'  Tei'i'itoi'y.  the  (Iclctiiilc  !•'  cDiigrcss.  tlic  ch-rk'  nnd 
altonii'v.s  of  tlio  snirciuo  coiii't  and  officers  of  the  legislature. 
during  sessions. 

Xo  one  of  the  officials  named  was  })erniitted  to  take  more 
than  (uie  volume  if  revised  statutes  at  any  one  time,  or  1o 
retain  the  sfune  more  than  two  days.  Ten  days  was  the  time 
limit  on  all  other  loans,  and  2.")  cents  a  day  the  fine  for  ex- 
ceeding the  limit.  A  receipt  was  to  be  given  for  every  hook 
loaned  by  the  librarian.  A  forfeit  of  three  times  the  value 
of  a  bi;ok  was  to  be  exacted  of  the  borrower  who  should  in- 
jure or  fail  to  return  a  book,  map  or  chart.  The  persons 
■'privileged''  to  remove  books,  etc.,  were  also  privileged  "to 
introduce  citizens  or  strangers  into  the  library;"  and  these 
favored  ones  were  i)ermitted.  "during  all  seasonable  hours,  to 
read  any  of  the  books  therein  not  re(iuired  for  the  use  of 
such  privileged  persons." 

The  librarian  was  given  authoj-ity  to  apjjoint  an  assistant, 
thrugh  no  provision  was  made  for  his  salary. 

Th.e  li!)rary  was  to  be  ket)t  (.pen  only  on  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  afternoons,  except  during  the  sessions  of  the  legis- 
hiture  and  the  supreme  court,  when  it  was  to  be  k'ept  open 
fi'om  f)  to  ll!  a.  m..  and  fi'om  2  to  !)  p.  m. 

The  librarian's  salary  was  fixed  at  $210. 

PARVIN'S  CLAIM  DENIED  BY  THE  THIRD  TERRI- 
TORIAL LEGISLATURE. 
In  pursuance  of  re<inest  from  the  committee  on  expendi- 
tures of  the  Third  Teri'itorial  House  of  Representatives, 
Theodore  S.  Parvin  laid  before  that  connnittee  "in  detail" 
his  "claims  against  the  Territory  of  Iowa,"  to  which,  early 
in  the  session  he  had  called  the  attention  of  the  House.  He 
stated  that  from  August  1,  1838,  until  the  following  spring, 
a  period  of  seven  monhs.  he  had  acted  as  Private  Secretary 
to  Governor  Lucas,  and  "])erf()rmed  all  the  duties  apper- 
taining to  said  office  as  well  as  many  othei'  duties  foreign 
to  its  jurisdiction."  He  claimed  thai,  owing  to  the  break 
between  the  Governor  and  Secretarv  Conwav,  the  duties  of 


the  Secretary  of  the  Territory  devolved  upon  liiui.  the  fillin^r 
of  (•(juimissions,  correspondence  with  officials  in  other  States 
and  of  the  General  Government,  etc.  Contiuiiinu'.  Mr.  Parvin 
recited  the  history  of  the  Territorial  Library,  as  already  re- 
lated, further  clearing  away  any  doubt  as  to  liis  part  in  tlie 
matter.  Without  referring  to  any  aid  he  may  have  rendered 
in  the  selection  of  the  books  purchased,  he  said  : 

After  we  learned  that  the  agent  had  made  the  purchase  as  directed, 
he  [Governor  Lucas]  forwarded  to  me  at  Cincinnati  (where  I  was  at 
the  time)  to  check  on  the  General  Government  [for  $5,0001,  with 
directions  to  negotiate  it  for  cash  and  pay  the  Agent  for  the  Books, 
and  also  to  superintend  their  transmission,  all  of  which  I  did.  After 
the  Books  arrived  at  Burlington  I  again  took  them  in  charge  and 
having,  after  I  resigned  my  office  of  "Private  Secretary,"  been 
appointed  "Librarian,"  I  filed  my  bond  with  the  Territorial  Treas- 
urer and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  office  by  superintending 
the  fitting  up  of  the  Library  Room  and  working  out  the  Catalogue 
of  the  Books  which  it  contained,  all  of  which  being  done  and  before 
the  Library  was  finally  opened  or  the  Catalogue  published.  I  re- 
moved to  Bloomington,  having  served  but  about  six  weeks,  during 
which  time,  however,  the  most  difficult  and  arduous  part  of  the 
business  was  performed  by  me. 

He  declared  that  for  all  this  service  he  had  "never  yet  re- 
ceived the  first  farthing."  He  asked  for  regular  services  as 
private  secretary,  $100;  for  extra  services,  $150;  fur  services 
rendered  to  Legislatur(\  $r)0 ;  and  "for  services  rendered  in 
superintending  lilirary  and  as  Iil)rarian.  $100.'' 

The  minutes  of  the  Gouncil  Journal  of  February  15.  18-12, 
show  that  the  compensation  ($400)  asked  by  Mr.  Parvin 
was  \-oted  down.  .Messrs.  Greene,  Hastings  and  Parker  voting 
ayr :  and  Messrs.  Bailey.  Bainbridge,  Brown,  Coop.  Hall. 
J(.luist(tn.  Kirkpatrick,  Letfler.  Springer  and  Wallace  voting 
nay. 

IOWA'S    SECOND    TERRITORIAL    LIBRARIAN. 

GharlfS  Weston,  who  for  a  brief  period  served  as  'i'crritoi'iid 
Librai-iaii.  was  boi'u  in  AVasliington  county.  New  York,  in  Mux. 
1811.  His  lalher  wns  -ludge  Roswell  Weston,  of  the  Court 
of  Connnon  Pleas  of  his  county.  The  son  early  graduated 
from  Kt'nssalaer  Institute.  Troy,  and  in  1832  l)egan  reading 
law  in  the  office  of  his  father  and  (jcn.  Orville  Clark.     T\v;) 


—23— 

years  later,  lie  eoiitinued  his  studies  with  .Iiidu'e  Ksek  Coweii, 
afterwards  a  jiislict'  of  the  Su|)reine  Coiii't  of  New  York.  Foi- 
nearly  a  year  after  his  admission  \o  the  hny  1he  younjicr 
Weston  practieed  law  with  his  father.  He  then  eanie  west. 
arriving-  in  Bnrlington  in  December,  1837,  on  the  first  stage 
that  made  the  through  trip  from  Chicago  to  Rock  Island.  In 
ci'ossing  the  ^lississippi  in  a  shaky  tiat-boat — the  river  being 
filled  with  floating  ice — he  nearly  lost  his  life.  He  began 
the  in-actice  of  law  in  Hnrlington.  and  remained  in  the  capital 
of  the  Territory  a  year  or  more.  After  the  death  of  Terri- 
torial Secretary  Conway.  Weston  was  appointed  Fiscal 
Agent,  and,  in  connection  with  his  duties  as  such,  acted  as 
Secretary  of  the  Territory,  (lovernor  Lucas  appointed  him 
Judge  Advocate  General,  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  Parvin  as  librarian  October  18,  1889,  and  pre- 
sumably held  the  office  until  January  24,  1840,  when  his 
successor,  Mr.  Reno,  was  appointed.  Mr.  Weston's  service  as 
Territorial  Librarian  was  only  incidental,  for  on  the  death  of 
United  States  District  Attorney  Van  Allen,  late  in  18o9,  Pres- 
ident Van  Buren  named  Weston  for  the  vacant  position.  This 
office  he  held  until  1843.  ^Meantime,  in  1840,  he  removed  to 
Davenport,  and  invested  in  land  near  the  city.  Unsuccessful 
as  a  farmei',  he  removed  to  the  city,  where  he  married  and 
settled  down  for  life.  In  1851  he  was  elected  Mayor  of 
Davenport,  and  in  1857  he  was  elected  County  Judge.'-  The 
writer  has  been  una])le  to  obtain  a  later  report  of  Mr.  Wes- 
ton.'"' 
LIBRARIAN   RENO'S   HERETOFORE   UNPUBLISHED   REPORTS. 

Librarian  Reno's  first  report""  to  the  Territorial  Legislature, 
recently  found  among  the  Archives.''  is  dated  Burlington. 
November  5,  1840.  It  begins  with  a  mental  suggestion  to  tiu' 
legislator  of  the  period  which,  if  we  may  judge  fi'om  the  rec- 
ord, was  well-timed — though  ineffectual. 


'-Wilkie — Davenport   Past   and   Pre.sent,   pp.    197-99. 

'-'Mr.  H.  E.  Downer,  of  Davenport,  learn.s  that  Weston  nioveii  to 
Penn.sylvanla  in  the  eighties,  and  there  died. 

'-'■Published   entire  in  the  supplement  to  this  sl\etch,  marked   "B." 

'^The  writer  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to  Mr.  (\  C.  SliU's,  Supt 
Pul)lic  Archives,  for  vahialile  aid  in  the  search  for  tlit^  hci-cloforc  uniuil)- 
lislied  reports   of  Teritorial   and    State   Librarians. 


—24— 

"Doubtless  you  are  all  convinced,"  he  taetfully  remarked, 
"that  well  selected  Libraries  conduce  greatly  lo  the  stability 
and  force  of  a  Nation,  and  that  general  information  is  the 
very  fountain   from  which   Republican  principles  emanate.'' 

He  called  the  legislator's  attention  to  the  fact  that  the 
Tcritoi'ial  Liln^ary  was  comparatively  small.  He  conceded 
tliat  (iovernor  Lucas  had  selected  wisely,  but  the  collection 
of  l)ooks  could  scarcely  be  called  "well  selected" — could 
"scarcely  conduce  to  the  stability  and  force  of  that  portion 
of  the  nation  called  the  territory  of  Iowa."  The  conclusion 
was  obvious,  the  imperative  need  of  an  appropriation  which 
should  approxiraatelj^  attain  that  desirable  end. 

The  legislative  committee,  through  its  chairman,  Hon. 
Francis  Springer.  Whig  member  of  the  Territorial  Council 
representing  Louisa  and  Washington  counties,  responded  to 
the  logic  of  the  librarian  by  reporting  that  the  catalogue,  in- 
dicated the  lack  of  many  works,  naming  many  of  the  statutes 
and  reports  of  other  States,  and  of  the  reports  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  United  States,  also  many  standard  works 
on  science  and  literature— especially  the  works  of  American 
authors.  He  also  called  attention  to  the  almost  total  lack  of 
])eriodicals  in  the  library.  He  concluded  Avith  a  recommenda- 
lion  that  the  sum  o\'  .t-ldO  Ix'  appropriated,  maintaining  that 
the  ('Xi)enditure  of  that  sum  was  "demanded  by  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  Territory."  and  that  it  "would  be  approved  by 
oui-  constituents  and  clieerfully  sanctioned  l)y  Congress." 

The  lil)rarian's  report  was  accompanied  liy  a  resolution  ap- 
l)ropriating  the  sum  named,  and  including  a  list  of  books  and 
periodicals  which  the  Secretary  of  the  Territory  was  author- 
ized and  requested  to  purchase,  as  far  as  the  money  won  hi  go 
and  in  the  order  in  wliich  they  are  named. 

It  is  historically  interesting  to  note  th(>  judgment  of  1lie 
eonnnittee,  after  consultation  with  the  librarian,  as  to  the 
iiioi'e  pressing  needs  of  the  library.  Incidentally,  we  nole 
the  periodicals  and  standard  woi-ks  then  presumably  in  de- 
mand.    The  list  of  periodicals  is  in  the  following  order: 

American  Quarterly  Review,  Silliman's  Journal  of  Science 
and  Arts,  the  Knickerbocker,  the  American  Jurist  and  Land 


—26— 

^Faft-n/ino,  tho  Dpmocrntic  Koviow.  the  Xow  York  Jveview, 
iiiid  llic  Aincricjin  i'('})rints  of  the  slniid.-ird  KnolJsh  pcriodi- 
cfils.  Of  the  American  periodicals  named.  Silliman's  -lournal 
is  the  only  one — though  its  title  has  been  changed  to  the 
American  Jonrnal  of  Science — which  is  now  pul)lished.  Of 
the  English  periodicals,  the  Westminster,  the  London  Quar- 
terly.  the  Edinburgh  Review  and  Blackwood's  Magazine  are 
still  published,  and  fnll  sets  of  the  same  are  to  be  fonnd 
in  the  library. 

The  law  text  then  recommended  included  Story's  Conflict 
of  Laws,  and  Cowen-Phillips  on  P^videnee.  xAmong  the  Amer- 
ican classics  recommended  are  L'ving's  and  Bryant's.  Jef- 
erson's  works  and  the  ^Madison  papers  are  included.  IMie 
one  English  author  on  the  list  is  Shakespeare.  Stephens' 
"Travels  in  Arabia,  Egypt,"  etc.,  and  "a  dictionary''  are 
recommended. 

The  second  annual  report  of  Libi'arian  Reno"  is  dated 
December  15,  1841.  The  librarian  is  happy  to  announce  that 
"the  Territorial  Library  is  now  arranged  and  in  good  order 
in  the  territoi-ial  capital,  and  that  the  liooks  arrived  unin- 
.jured." 

llis  happiness  gives  way  to  keen  disappointment  over  Die 
defeat  in  the  House  of  the  modest  library  appropriation  rec- 
ommended by  Mr.  Springer.  Nor  is  the  librarian  reticent 
in  his  reference  to  the  painful  subject.  He  feelingly  states 
that  no  additions  have  been  made  to  the  library  since  the 
original  purchase  was  made,  and  that  the  library  is  therefore, 
"far  in  the  rear  of  the  literary  world."  He  is  "unable  to 
conceive  how  a  small  amount  of  funds  could  be  otherwise 
more  .judiciously  appropriated,  than  in  the  purchase  of  that 
which  gives  tone  and  stability  to  society,  wisdom  and  force 
to  legislation,  peace  and  quietness  to  domestic  regulations, 
and  character  to  a  free  people." 

Starting  of¥  cpiite  moderately,  as  he  nears  the  conclusion 
of  his  report,  Mr.  Reno  grows  indignant,  declaring  that  he 
feels  sensibly  the  dishonor  of  suggestions  made  in  tlie  lowei- 
House   last  session;   but  is  "unwilling   to   urge   the   subject 


'Puhli.shed   entire   in   tlie  supplement   to   this  sketch,  marked   "C 


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niuf'h  farther."  lie  will,  however,  intrude  once  more  the 
suggestion  that  he  is  "desirous  of  having  this  library  not  only 
a.  name  but  a  substance,"  in  view  of  the  immediate  prospect 
of  statehood  for  the  ten-itory. 

That  tile  librarian  had  his  full  share  of  the  Horid  rhetoric 
common  in  the  forties  is  evident  from  his  concluding  sentence  : 

"We  soon  expect,"  said  he,  "to  emerge  from  the  condition 
of  an  infantine  dependent  of  the  general  government,  to  a 
star  of  the  first  magnitude  in  the  glorious  constellation  of 
A  meriean  States. ' ' 

Librarian  Reno's  third  and  final  report  is  a  brief  account- 
ing for  books  loaned  and  lost.'' 

SECOND    CATALOGUE   OF    THE    TERRITORIAL    LIBRARY. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Parvin.  the  State  Library,  in 
18!)0,  became  possesed  of  a  copy  of  the  second  printed  cata- 
logue of  Iowa 's  Territorial  Library,  issued  in  1845.  On  a  page 
facing  this  rare  pamphlet  Mr.  Parvin  made  in  lead  pencil  the 
following  inscription,  throwing  light  not  only  upon  the  docu- 
ment itself,  but  also  upon  its  predecessor : 

The  Catalogue, — on  the  opposite  page — of  1845 — is  the  Second 
Catalogue  and  was  made  by  Morgan  Reno  the  third  librarian.  His 
predecessor  being  Charles  Weston  who  succeeded  T.  S.  Parvin,  the 
first  Librarian  who  made  the  first  Catalogue  in  1839  printed  by 
J.  G.  Edwards  at  the  Hawkeye  office,  Burlington.  The  Classification 
in  this  follows  that  of  the  first  exactly. 

Feb'y  13,  1900.  T.  S.  Pahvix. 

The  catalogue  of  184:5  is  nearly  identical  with  that  of  ]8o!». 
It  hasn't  the  dignity  of  a  printed  cover  page,  though  bound 
in  blue  paper  like  the  first.  Between  the  date  of  the  first  and 
that  of  the  second  catalogue,  the  territorial  capital  had  moved 
from  Burlington  to  Iowa  City,  and  with  it  the  job-printing 
patronage.  A.  I'.  Wood,  of  Iowa  City,  was  the  printer  of 
the  second.  The  later  catalogue  shows  that  the  books  in  the 
library  had  received  no  accessions  in  five  years,  except  in 
documents  and  law  exchanges,  and  had  met  with  losses  to 
the  extent  of  a   few  volumes. 

'•"riibli.'<hf'(l    ill    siipiik'nu'iit    Ui   tills   sketch,    marked    "D." 


IOWA'S    THIRD    TEUKITOUIAL     LIBRARIAN. 

Morizaii  lli'w..  third  fiiul  bist  TiM'ritorial  Ijihrariaii,  was  llic 
second  Treasiu'cr  of  the  'rcfritory,  lioldiuy  the  office  from 
January  24,  1840.  to  January  15,  1841.  He  was  also  tiie  first 
State  Treasurer  of  Iowa,  elected  to  that  ot^ce  October  20, 
1S46,  and  serving  two  terms  to  and  including  1850.  He  came 
to  Iowa  City  in  1839  and  there  engaged  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness, lie  died  in  that  city  July  9,  1869.  His  widow  died  in 
1S99.  His  son  and  daughter  are  still  living  in  Iowa  City. 
His  son.  Charles  M.  Reno,  born  in  1846,  has  served  as  city 
treasurer,  as  county  treasurer,  and  as  mayor,  and  has  held 
several  other  positions  of  public  trust.'" 

The  meager  manuscript  reports  submitted  l)y  ^Ir.  Reno  bear 
evidence  of  the  man's  strength  of  character,  and  training  for 
pulJic  service.  They  are  written  in  a  strong  and  legible 
hand,  are  methndical  in  their  arrangement,  outspoken  in  tluMr 
rctlections  and  insistent  in  their  i)resentation  of  the  needs  of 
tile  library  and  the  duty  of  the  Territorial  Legislature. 

PIONEER    STATE    LIBRARY    LEGISLATION,    1846-47. 

The  First  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa  early 
undertook  the  task  of  providing  for  "the  management  of  the 
State  Lil)rai'y,  and  the  election  of  a  State  Librarian." 

On  the  12tli  of  January,  1847,  Mr.  Sells  introduced  House 
File  No.  87;  and,  two  days  later,  the  bill  underwent  several 
fUnendnients.  One  amendment,  offered  by  ^Ir.  Day,  showing 
llie  conservative  lines  on  which  the  library  was  originally 
planned,  provided  that  '"no  person  shall  be  prohibited  from 
re:uling  in  the  library,  at  all  times  when  the  same  is  required 
by  law  to  be  kept  open,  under  such  rules  as  the  librarian  may 
impose."  The  bill  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Schools. 
That  Connnittee  rei)orted,  adding  several  minor  amendments. 
On  the  18tli  the  amended  bill  came  up  for  consideration.  Mr. 
St41s  moved  that  the  connnittee  report  be  rejected.  Tlie 
motion  was  lost.  The  bill  and  the  report  were  then,  on  mo- 
tion of  :\Ir.  Sells,  laid  upcm  the  table.     Next  day,  the   House 


"The  writer  is    indebted    to    Hon.    Milton    Reniley    lor  dat;i    rehiti 
Mr.  Reno  and  his  family. 


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proccedcd  lo  m  consideration  of  the  eommittee  amendments. 
On  the  anien(hiient  making  the  librarian  an  appointee  of  the 
(Jovernor,  "with  the  adviee  and  consent  of  the  Senate,"  the 
House  voted  down  the  amendment,  by  a  vote  of  two  yeas  and 
tliirty  nays. 

Other  amendments  disposed  of,  the  bill  went  over  till  the 
21st.  when  it  was  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

In  the  Senate,  on  tlie  sixth  of  February,  the  bill  was  read 
a  third  time  and  passed.  On  the  15th,  it  received  the  (iov- 
ernor's  signature. 

The  new  law^"  was  in  the  main  a  duplication  of  the  ter- 
ritorial library  law.  It  contained  the  same  prohibitions  rela- 
tive to  the  loaning  of  books,  with  tines  for  violations  of  the 
librarian's  rules;  and  with  the  same  recital  of  "privileges'' 
extended  to  "privileged  persons."  It  designated  Lemuel  11 
l'at[l|ersou  as  librarian,  tixing  his  term  at  two  years  and 
his  l)ond  at  ."i^2,()()0 ;  giving  the  librarian  authority  to  appoint 
an  assistant. — providing,  that  he  "be  paid  out  of  the  salary 
of  the  librarian." — which  salary  was  fixed  at  ij^iriO!  The 
Secretary  of  State  was  directed  to  bring  suit  on  the  boiid  of 
Ihe  librarian  for  any  violations  of  the  provisions  of  the  law. 

The  Second  (leneral  Assembly  passed  a  law  which  went  into 
effect  on  the  oth  day  of  January,  184i).  conferring  u})oii  the 
judges  of  the  District  Courts  of  Iowa  the  same  privilege  en- 
joyed by  the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  relative  to  the 
use  of  l)ooks  in  the  State  Library. 

15y  joint  resolution,  approved  January  13,  1849,  Lemuel 
1>.  rnlterson  was  re-appointed  librarian,  to  liold  offict'  two 
yeai's  and  until  the  appointment  of  his  successor. 

THE   DAY   OF   CANDLES   AND   GOOSE   QUILLS. 

Among  th(^  valuable  i)api'i-s  made  axailable  by  the  classifi- 
cation and  liling  system  in  oi)eration  in  the  Archives  Depart- 
ment are  several  qiuirterly  rei)orts  of  State  Librarian  L.  B. 
Patterson  in  LS-iS-.lO, — nearly  a  decade  prior  to  the  removal 
of   the    State   Library   and   other   de[)artments   from    the   old 

'"Acts  of  the  First  General  Assembly,    ISIG-IT.   II.   F.   ?,',. 


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Capilnl  ill  [own  ('il\-  to  Ihr  new  :iim1  Iniipoi.iry  Sl;i1c  House 
ill    l)('s  ^loiiR's."' 

Tliose  reports  threw  a  strong  lii^ht  ii[)on  tlie  in'ccssai'ilN' 
mea.uer  activities  of  tlie  'State  Lil)rariaii  less  than  seventy 
years  at-'o.  Even  the  items  of  expenditure  have  a  historic 
interest,  not  only  as  showing'  "the  little  round  of  small 
ei'onomies"  incident  to  that  pioneer  period,  l)ut  also  as  re- 
vealing' the  general  conditions  under  which  the  State's  li- 
hrary  was  conducted  late  in  the  forties  as  compai-ed  with 
present  conditions. 

Note  a  few  of  the  items  in  the  report  of  Fel)rnary  24,  18-18. 
That  was  decidedly  the  day  of  small  things.  To  get  back 
to  tliat  day.  we  must  pass  from  the  epoch  of  gas  and  in- 
i  andescent  light.  Iiack  lieyond  that  of  the  odorous  kerosene 
hniip,  to  the  e[)och  of  the  tallow  candle — an  era  in  which 
"early  c:indle  light"  was  the  phrase  commonly  nsetl  in 
ehui'ch,  NO'.-iety  and  "show"  announcements. 

To  reach  that  comparatively  recent  but  already  historic 
past,  we  must  part  company  for  the  moment  with  the  steam 
aud  hot-air  furnace  of  the  present  era,  and,  ignoring  the 
base-burner  of  a  few  yesterdays  ago,  must  renew  our  early 
acquaintance  with  the  wood-stove  of  our  fathers,  with  the 
stove-pi|)e  aggravations  associated  with  house-cleaning  time, 
and  with  the  cord-wood  and  Inick-saw  in  the  back-yard  and 
the  armfuls  of  vro(;d  for  replenishing  of  the  empty  wood- 
box. 

We  must  for  the  numient,  forget  the  conveniences  of  tlu; 
iinieilage-sealed  envelope  and  the  blotting  paper  and  pad,  and 
hark  back  to  the  day  of  wafers  and  sealing-wax  and  no  en- 
velopes for  letters,  and  the  pepper-box  of  sand  for  absorbing 
the  ink  on  the  letter-page. 

These  repe.i'ts  remind  us  that  only  a  few  decades  ago.  lliei-e 
were  no  postal  cards  and  the  i)Ostage  on  a  letter  was  leu 
cents.  They  take  us  back  to  a  time  when  the  fountain-pen 
was  undreamt  of  and  the  steel-i)en  had  not  yet  supplanted 
the  goose-quill.  In  "the  splendid  idle  forties"  of  which 
Mrs.   Atherton   has   so   interestingly  romanced,   the   librarian 

'■"•Published   in  .supplement   to  thi.s  sketch,   marked   "E." 


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lookcd  after  and  shelf-listed  and  shelved  and  dusted  the  tew 
liundred  law  hooks  and  State  documents  in  the  State  Lil)i'ai'y. 
swept  and  seruhbed  the  floor,  took  up  and  put  down  carpet, 
and,  in  fact,  "his  heart  the  lowliest  duties  on  itself  did  lay." 

The  items  in  this  earliest  of  the  quarterly  reports,  alto- 
gether involving  an  expenditure  of  only  $12.50.  include 
"candles,  $1.25;''  "dusting  broom,  .25;"  "paid  Camphere 
for  helping  to  take  down  stove  pipe.  .25:"  "laying  hearth 
and  fixing  stove,  .50;"'  "sand  and  wafers.  .25;"  "paid  Cam- 
phere for  cutting  wood.  $1.00;"  "gum  and  brush  for  pasting. 
.:^7,"  etc. 

The  principal  expense  item  in  the  February  and  ^lay  re- 
ports is  book-binding;  l)ut,  instead  of  the  hundreds  of  dollars 
annually  expended  in  the  three  departments  now"  under  the 
present  Library  Board,  the  February  binding  item  was  only 
$5.25,  and  that  of  May  was  $6.25. 

Instead  of  the  several  hundred  periodicals  which  now  tigure 
in  the  reports'  from  the  three  departments  of  the  State  Li- 
brary, the  one  periodical  mentioned  in  these  early  reports  is 
\il( s'  Ergister,  the  subscription  price  of  which  was  $5.00.  and 
the  postage  on  which  for  the  year  1844  was  seventy-five  cents. 
The  items  of  expenditure  in  '48  and  '40  include  three  letters 
sent  to  the  editor  of  this  periodical  at  an  expense  of  thirty 
cents. 

In  February.  '40.  the  librarian  bought  a  bunch  of  quills 
for  fifty  cents,  and  in  August  of  that  year  he  expended  $3.50 
more  for  quills. 

In  August.  1850.  the  item  of  envelopes  makes  its  ai)pear- 
mice,  involving  an  expenditure  of  seventy-five  cents;  also  pen- 
holders, taking  the  place  of  the  quills,  which  with  ink  involved 
an  outlay  of  forty  cents. 

In  the  three  years,  1848-50.  the  chief  items  of  expense  were 
"candles"  and   "cutting  wood." 

In  the  summer  of  1849  there  was  a  removal  of  the  library 
- — probably  from  one  part  of  the  old  State  House  to  another, — 
the  expense,  all  told,  amounting  to  $5.  The  removal  was  fol- 
lowed by  an  expenditure  of  $4.8114  for  shelving.  .20  for 
carpet-tacks,  $10.85  for  carpeting  and  desk-cover,  and  $9.08 
for  new  stove-pipe. 


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LIBRARIAN    PATTERSON'S    FINAL    REPORT,    1849-50. 

Tlic  liiial  i'e[)ort  of  Lil)i'ar!;m  Li'imu'l  !>.  Pattci'son,  dated 
I(.\va  City,  .January  !).  18")!,  i-o\'('r,s  two  i'oolscap  pages  and  is 
wi-itten  in  a  small,  legible  hand.''  It  is  unaccompanied  by 
a  list  of  purchases,  for  the  reason  that  no  purchases  had  been 
made  since  the  admission  of  the  State  in  1846.  The  number 
of  volumes  reported  in  the  library  at  the  close  of  the  biennial 
jieriod  IS-t!)-")!)  is  l.GTO.  exclusive  of  pamphlets,  journals,  i-e- 
ports,  etc.  About  a  third  of  these  were  law  books.  The 
lemainder  consisted  of  statutes  of  the  several  States,  Ameriean 
state  papers,  congressional  documents  and  miscellaneous' 
works. 

The  librarian  reported  that  there  had  never  been  an  ap- 
])ropriatiou  for  the  State  Library,  and  consequently  the  only 
increase  '"(  which  is  very  small)  "  came  from  an  exchange  of 
books  between  the  States,  government  documents,  etc. 

With  the  excei)tion  of  a  very  fine  set  of  "Wilkes'  Exi)loring 
Expedition,"  ten  volumes,  "got  up  in  the  best  of  stile,"  the 
lil)rarian  is  compelled  to  state  that  "the  library  is  entirely 
destitute  of  late  works  that  have  been  issuing  from  tlie  press 
for  the  last  ten  years. ' ' 

He  reports  that  the  ])ooks  bought  in  1S;>!)  are  mostly  ])roken 
sets  which  s-hould  be  tilled,  lie  finds  this  is  esjie^'ially  the 
case  with  the  law  reports,  which  are  comparatively  valueless 
unless  complete. 

He  respectfully  suggests  for  legislative  consideration  "the 
proi)i'iety  of  making  a  small  appropriation  for  the  inci'case 
of  the  library,"  modestly  adding: 

A  small  appropriation  of  say  1000  dollars  would  make  it  respect- 
able and  an  honour  and  ornament  to  the  State.  Such  appropria- 
tion, with  a  small  yearly  appropriation  of  two  hundred  dollars 
would  keep  it  up  with  the  progress  of  the  age.    |  !  ] 

He  also  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  State  hasn't 
"a  single  decent  map."  and  should  remedy  the  defect. 

He  reports  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  library  for  the 
biennial  period,  not  including  the  last  (juarter,  foi-  wood, 
candles,  static.nery,  slu^lving,  moving,  painting,  cari)et,  stove- 
pipe and  freight,  was  .^1:58.83. 

I'-'Marked   "F"   in   supplement   following-  this  .sketch. 


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IOWA'S  FIRST  STATE  LIBRARIAN. 

Lciinul  15.  Patterson,  first  State  Lilirarian  of  Town,  was* 
Itorii  ill  IJusliville.  Indiana,  Septem]:er  12,  1824.  lie  ( ame  lo 
Iowa  City  in  the  spring  of  1841.  and  was  admitted  to  the 
State  bar  in  1846.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  polities;  was  eity 
attorney  in  1868-70,  and  again  in  1874-76.  Tie  was  a  member 
of  the  city  council  in  1857-59.  He  held  the  oflfice  of  State 
Librarian  for  two  terms  (1848-51).  It  is  reported  that  while 
holding  office  he  drew  np  the  first  homestead  law  passed  l)y 
an  Iowa  legislature.  In  1874,  he  won  the  railroad  bond  snit 
for  his  city  in  the  Supi'eme  Court  of  the  United  States,  the 
case  of  Lucius  Clark  vs.  Iowa  City.""  On  ]\Iay  10,  1831,  while 
serving  as  State  Librarian,  he  was  married  to  ^liss  Jane 
Hazard,  who,  with  an  infant  son,  died  of  eholera  in  1856. 
In  18C0,  he  became  a  practicing  attorney,  in  partnership  with 
Levi  Rol)inson.  The  firm  of  Patterson  &  Robinson,  of  Iowa 
City,  was  long  reputed  to  be  the  oldest  law-firm  in  the  State 
of  Iowa.  ]\lr.  Patterson  accumulated  some  valuable  city  prop- 
erty and  was  to  the  last  an  influential  citizen  of  the  formei- 
State  capital."     He  died  March  15,  1897. 

1850-51. 

On  December  8,  1852.  the  Journal  of  the  Senate  ineiitioncd 
the  receipt  of  a  report  from  the  State  Librarian,  and  a  refcr- 
eiice  of  the  report  to  the  committee  on  printing.  This  report 
has  not  been  preserved. 

Mr.  Kister,  librarian  at  the  time,  succeeded  Morgan  Keuo 
as  Treasurer  of  State,  holding  the  office  for  a  single  term. 
1850-52.  The  fact  that  while  serving  as  librarian  he  was 
diawing  jiay  as  treasurer  doubtless  accounts  for  the  small- 
ness  of  the  salary.  It  is  probable  that  the  smallne.ss  of  the 
salary  compelled  the  General  Assembly  to  turn  the  office  of 
librarian  over  to  a  State  officer. 

The  Third  General  Assembly  by  joint  i-esolutioii.  approved 
January  24,  1851,  appcinted  Israel  Kister  librarian  for  tlic 
term  of  two  years. 

--Wallace,  U.  S.  S.  C.  R.  p.  5  83. 

^'History  of  John.son  County,  Iowa.      183S-1882.     p.   891. 


— :?3_ 

It  also  iiU'liuK'd  in  the  "oiiiiiil)us  hill"  ;ii!  item  of  .t')00  "for 
Ihc  puri)oso  of  iiicreasiiiii'  the  State  Lihrary,"  tiie  money  to 
he  expended  "hy  the  Governor,  or  nnder  his  direction,"  "in 
prociirinu'  hooks  and  maps." 

GOVERNOR  HEMPSTEAD   BUYS   "AMERICAN  AUTHORS." 

In  his  ^Message  of  Decemher  7.  1852,  (lovernor  Hempstead 
makes  brief  mention  of  the  State  Tjil)rary.  and  on  the  22d 
of  January.  1858,  he  sent  to  the  Senate  a  connnunieation,  in- 
forming that  body  that  he  was  transmitting  therewith  a  list 
of  books'  purchased  by  him,  "in  accordance  with  the  direc- 
tions of  the  General  Asseml)ly,"  and  by  him  placed  in  the 
State  Librar3^  The  sum  authorized  to  be  expended  was  $500. 
The  Governor  adds  that  "with  this  amount  it  was  impossible 
to  do  nuich  towards  fillini;'  up  the  library,  and  as  it  was  very 
dcticient  in  the  writings  of  American  authors."  he  concluded 
"to  apply  a  portion  of  the  appropriation  for  the  purchase  of 
works  of  that  character."  Then  follows  the  bill  of  "Wm.  AV. 
Tafts,  Agency  to  supply  Libraries,  01  Washington  st.  Hoston," 
ilated  November  16,  1852.  As  this  is  the  first  reported  ad- 
dition to  the  State  Library  since  1840,  some  may  be  interested 
ill    both    the    titles   and    the    ruling    prices    sixty    years    ago. 

h'ollowing  are  the  items  copied  verl)atim  :''"' 

1  PrcKcott's  Peru,   2v.   8".   sheep $  3. GO 

1           do         Mexico.  3v.  8° 5.40 

1           do         Miscellanies,  8° 1.80 

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1852-53. 

The  Fourth  General  Asseml)ly  by  joint  resolntion,  approved 
January  21.  1858.  appropriated  the  sum  of  $500  ''for  the 
purpose  of  increasing  the  State  Library,"  the  sum  to  be 
expended  by  the  librarian  in  procuring  a  complete  set  of  the 
supreme  court  and  circuit  court  reports  of  the  United  States." 

On  the  11th  of  December,  1852,  the  office  being  vacated  by 
the  resignation  of  ]\Ir.  Kister,  Governor  Hempstead  nominated 
^Fartin  L.  ^Morris,  the  newly  elected  Treasurer  of  State  as 
State  Librarian.     The  Senate  concurred. 

REPORT  OF  LIBRARIAN  MORRIS. 

The  report  of  ^Martin  L.  ^Morris.  Treasurer  of  State, 
a.s  State  Librarian,  pul)lished  in  the  Senate  and  House  Jour- 
Jials  of  1854,  dated  Janiuiry  17.  1855,  covers  less  than  two 
I)ages.  It  notes  the  expenditure  of  >|>500  appropriated  by 
the  last  General  Assembly  and  adds: 

"I  can,  however,  say  that  $500  purchased  a  small  number 
of  tiie  law  books  usiially  found  in  State  Libraries."' 

It  suggests  "that  an  appropriation  be  made  for  the  pur- 
pose of  supplying  the  volumes  necessary  to  the  fillinu-  out  of 


the  deficient  sets  [of  reports  from  other  States],  a1  least  of 
tlie  reports  of  those  States  which  are  regarded  as  most 
iniportant." 

It  notes  valuable  contributions  to  the  library,  "the  National 
History  of  New  York,"  "Smithsonian  Contributions  to 
Knowledge."  "United  States  Exploring  Expedition,"  etc., 
wliich  the  librarian  regards  as  "not  only  an  ornament  but  a 
credit  to  the  Library." 

It  reports  the  purchase  for  the  use  of  the  Library,  from 
funds  received  from  the  sale  of  Greene's  Reports,  the  Collins 
ilap  of  the  United  States  and  the  Colton  IMap  of  Europe. 

It  reports  "the  exi)enses  of  the  Lil)rary  the  present 
session"  as  $30. 

It  reports  also,  a  list  of  law  books  pui'chased  witli  the 
ap})roi)riation  al)Ove  referred  to.     These  include: 

U.  S.  Condensed  Reports,  Gv. ;  I'eters'  I^.  S.  Con.  Reports. 
KJv. ;  Denio,  New  York,  4v. ;  Ohio,  14v. ;  Wilcox's  Digest,  Iv. ; 
Uills's  New  York. Reports,  7v. ;  Barbour  S.  C,  7v. ;  Barl)our, 
Ch.,  8v. ;  Phillips  Evidence,  5v. ;  Comstock's,  3v. ;  Select 
Equity  Cases,  Iv. ;  Exchequer  Reports,  3v. ;  Howard,  14v. ; 
McLean,  4v. ;  Story,  3v. ;  Greenleaf  Overruled  Cases,  Iv. ; 
Story,  Equity  Jurisprudence,  2v. ;  Greenleaf  on  Evidence,  3v. ; 
White's  Leading  Cases  in  Equity,  2v. ;  American  Leading 
Cases,  2v. ;  Stephens'  Nisi   Prius,  3v. 

These  he  totals  at  $570.50— with  a  discount  of  $20.50.  The 
process  by  which  he  makes  his  subtraction  leaving  the  net 
sum  paid  an  even  five  h.undred  dollars — the  sum  appropriated 
for  the  purchase — is  not  apparent  to  the  reader. 

The  report  concludes  with  the  hope  that  the  then  present 
legislature  "will  not  fail  to  make  an  appropriation  for 
IMiscellaneous  as  well  as  Law  Books,  as  it  is  well  known  tlic 
Library  is  very  deficient  in  this  department.'' 

1854-55. 

On  tlie  10th  of  January,  1855,  I\Ir.  Hamilton,  in  the  Senate 
oF  the  Eirth  (Jcneral  Assembly,  introduced  a  bill  foi-  tlu^ 
regulation   ol"  tlie   State  Library.     The   bill   was  referi-ed  to 


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IOWA   TERRITORIAL  LIBRARY. 


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MDCCCXXXIX. 


BURLINGTON : 
PlU^fTED  BY  JAMBS  O.  EDWARDS. 


Facsimile  of  Title  Page  of  the  First  Catalogue  Issued  from  the 
Territorial  Library  of  Iowa  in  1S39. 


Iho  Lihrnry  ('oiniuit1(>e.  consislino'  of  Sonaloi's  Clark,  iMo- 
Acliraii.  Ivove.  Ilo^in  and   McCrary. 

On  llie  loth,  ('liaii'iuitn  Clark,  from  that  Coinniittco,  re- 
l)ort('(l  a  snbstituli'  for  tlu'  llainillon  hill.  rt'coiiuucMdino'  its 
passage. 

On  motion  of  ^^Ir.  Browning',  the  substitute  was  amended 
by  adding  a  provision  that  during  the  terms  of  the  Sui)reme 
Court  of  the  State  and  the  Federal  Court,  the  judges  and  at- 
torneys be  permitted  to  take  and  use  any  number  of  books 
needed  in  the  trial  of  causes,  provided  they  be  not  taken  from 
the  seat  of  governnuMit,  and  are  returned  according  to  law. 
The  substitute  thus  amended  was  read  a  third  time  and 
passed. 

The  Seiuite  bill  was  messaged  to  the  House  and  w^as  re- 
ferred. On  the  23d  of  January  the  committee  on  the  State 
Library  through  its  chairman,  Mr.  Conkey,  reported  recom- 
mending the  passage  of  the  bill.  It  was  read  a  third  time 
and  passed.  Two  days  thereafter  it  received  the  signature 
of  Governor  Grimes. 

A  .joint  resolution,  approved  January  25,  1855,  appro- 
priated $1,000,  to  be  expended  bj^  the  Governor  "for  the  in- 
crease and  improvement  of  the  State  Library."  Of  Ibis 
sum  ^400  was  to  be  expended  in  law  books,  $500  in  miscel- 
laneous works,  and  $100  in  binding. 

THE   STATE  LIBRARY  LAW  OF  1855. 

The  law  passed  by  the  Fifth  General  Assembly,"'  made  the 
State  librarian  an  appointee  of  the  Governor,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  c(msent  of  the  Senate.  It  placed  the  librarian 
undei-  bond  in  the  sum  of  $5,000,  an  amount  absurdly  out  of 
propoi'tion  to  the  meager  salary  of  $150  provided  by  the  law. 

It  required  that  the  library  be  kept  open  during  the  ses- 
sions of  the  General  Assembly  and  the  Supreme  Court,  from 
9  to  12  a.  m.,  and  from  2  to  9  p.  m. ;  but,  at  other  times,  oidy 
during  the  afternoon  of  each  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

It  continued  the  strict  rules  prohibiting  the  loaning  of 
books  to  other  than  officers  of  State,  legislators  and  pra(;ticing 

■--Acta  of  the  I<"iftli  General  A.sseml)ly  of  Jowa,  pp.   232-235. 


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attorneys  during  term  times;  and  even  these  were  limited  to 
a  ten-days  loan.  No  one  was  permitted  to  remove  books  from 
"the  seat  of  government."  Xo  one  was  permitted  to  borrow 
more  than  two  books  at  a  time,  except  judges  and  attorneys 
during  the  terms  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  and  the 
Federal  Court. 

A  fine  of  -i^lO  was  to  be  imposed  upon  the  librarian  for 
•permitting  any  jDerson  not  authorized  by  law  to  remove  a 
book  or  other  property  from  the  library,  and  it  was  the  duty 
of  the  Governor  to  direct  a  strict  enforcement  of  this  penalty. 

Any  person  not  authorized  by  law  who  should  take  a  book 
or  other  property  from  the  library,  "either  with  or  without 
the  consent  of  the  librarian,"  was  "deemed  guilty  of  petit 
larceny,"  and  nuist  be  "punished  for  the  offence  by  due  process 
of  law. 

The  librarian  was  directed  to  prepare  for  publication  a 
report  to  the  Governor,  before  the  first  day  of  the  following 
April,  which  should  include  an  alphabetical  catalogue  of  all 
the  books  in  the  library ;  and  the  Governor  was  directed  to 
publish  the  report.  The  librarian  was  also  directed  to  cause 
every  book  in  the  library  to  be  lal)eled  "lov/a  State  Library," 
with  tlu^  number  of-  the  volume  in  the  catalogue,  and  to  write 
the  saine  words  at  the  bottom  of  the  thirtieth  page  of  each 
volume.  All  additions  to  the  library  were  to  be  treated  in  the 
same  manner. 

A  sum  twice  its  value  was  to  be  exacted  from  any  person 
defacing,  destroying  or  losing  a  library  book.  In  case  the 
])ook  was  a  volume  of  a  set,  the  sum  exacted  was  to  be  the 
fnll  value  of  the  entire  set.  It  was  the  duty  of  the  librarian 
to  prosecute  such  persons,  on  such  loss  or  injury  coming  to 
his  knowledge.  But  should  the  offending  party,  within 
reasonable  time,  replace  the  liook  injured  or  lost,  he  was  not 
liable  to  fine  or  prosecution. 

It  was  incund)ent  on  the  Governor,  the  Secretary  of  State 
and  the  Librarian  to  adopt  any  further  regulations,  con- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  tliis  act,  which  might  be  deemed 
nect'ssary    for   the   preservation    and   management   of   the   li- 


—39— 

l)i-;ii'y;   rorlVilurcs  rt'covcrahlc   in   llic   ii;iiiic  of   llic  Stnli',   the 
same  !()  !:(■   lor  the  use  of  the  lihi'ary. 

Tlu'  lihrariaii  was  (lii'e;'tt'(l  to  make  a  full  and  specific  re- 
[M'l't  to  the  (Joiieral  Assembly  on  the  first  of  its  sessions,  and, 
on  eall.  to  make  a  special  report  to  the  (iovernor  pivin^'  a  list 
of  hooks  missing,  also  an  account  of  fines  and  forfeitures  im- 
posed and  eolleeted  and  the  amount  uncollected,  also  a  list 
of  accessions  to  the  library  since  the  last  report,  and  any 
other  information  in  relation  to  the  li])rary  which  the  (ioy- 
ernor  might  call  for. 

The  (Governor,  the  Secretary  of  State  and  the  T.ibrarian 
were  to  determine  what  books  and  articles  might  be  talvcn 
from  the  library  and  what  should  remain  in  the  library  for 
reference. 

The  room  in  winch  the  library  was  kept  was,  under  no 
circumstances,  to  be  used  for  any  other  purpose. 

Other  sections  of  the  law  cover  details  for  the  carrying  out 
of  the  ])rovisions  outlined  above. 
1856-57. 

The  only  lilirary  record  made  by  the  Sixth  General  As- 
sembly is  a  joint  resolution,  approved  January  27,  1857,  con- 
ferring upon  the  members  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  1857  the  same  right  and  privilege  of  taking  books  from  the 
State  Library  which  had  been  conferred  upon  legislators. 

The  Sixth  General  Assembly  received  from  "the  meml)ei's 
of  the  Iowa  Bar,  either  residing  or  temporarily  sojourning  in 
Iowa  City"  a  memorial  from  a  committee  api)ointed  at  a 
meeting  lield  in  Iowa  City  one  evening  during  the  session, 
the  trend  of  which  was  a  re^iuest  that  certain  much-needed 
legislation  should  be  passed.'' 

That  portion  of  the  memorial  relating  to  the  library,  recited 
that  the  law  li])i'ary  of  tlie  State  w.is  ''in  wretched  condi- 
tion." ill  fact,  "about  worthless  in  the  investigation  of  law 
questions.''  The -committee  reported  that  there  was  hardly 
a  comjjlete  set  of  reports  in  the  library.     It  continues : 

A  lawyer  can  hardly  do  justice  to  his  clients,  so  barren  are  his 
means    of   examination.      Our    Supreme    Court    that    finally    decides 

"■Preserved   in   the   Archives   of   Uie    State. 


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rreat  questions  of  life,  liberty  and  property  is  without  the  means  of 
thorough  investigation.  The  liberty  of  one  citizen  is  worth  more 
than  the  small  sum  requisite  to  rectify  the  evils.  The  members  of 
the  Bar,  coneulting  the  real  good  of  the  people  of  the  State,  as  well 
as  the  interests  of  the  Courts  and  the  Profession  at  large,  ask  the 
Legislature — 

First,  an  appropriation  of  $1,500  annually,  for  the  improvement 
and  enlargement  of  the  library;  secondly,  that  a  committee  of  three 
lawyers  from  the  Iowa  Bar  be  appointed  to  select  suitable  law  books 
for  the  library  without  comperi£.ation;  and,  thirdly,  an  early  publica- 
tion of  the  Iowa  Supreme  Court  Reports. 

The  iiiemorlal  was  signed  liy  Charles  II.  Phelps.  J.  \V. 
Kaiikiii,  W.  ]M.  Stone  and  J.  C.  Hall.  Nothing  came  of  the 
movement. 

GOVERNOR  GRIMES  BUYS  BOOKS. 

In  a  spei'ial  message  dated  Iowa  City,  January  7,  lSo7, 
Covernor  Crimes  reported  that  in  obedience  to  instructions 
of  the  Ceneral  Asseml)ly,  he  had  purchased  of  Banks,  Could 
&  Co.,  New  York,  101  volumes  of  law  books  at  a  cost  of  $830, 
and  of  Daniel  Appletoi*  &  Co.,  303  volumes  of  miscellaneous 
books  at  a  cost  of  $564.66,  and  had  deposited  same  in  the  State 
Library.  He  had  been  instructed  by  the  resolution  to  expend 
$400  in  law  books;  but  as  the  catalogue  furnished  by  the 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  such  l)ooks  as  they  desired 
amounted  in  value  to  only  $274,  he  did  not  think  it  proper  to 
expend  more  than  the  amount  before  stated  for  that  purpose, 
and  therefore  expended  the  balance  of  $64.66  for  miscella- 
,  neons  l)ooks.  He  had  drawn  from  the  Treasury  $900,  and 
had  expended  $8!)4.66,  and  turned  the  balance,  $5.44  into  the 
Treasury.'^ 

1858-59. 

In  the  Seventh  General  Assembly— ^the  first  to  convene  in 
Des  Moines — a  joint  committee  on  the  State  Library,  of  wliich 
N.  J.  Kuscli  was  Senate  chairman  and  II.  Anthony  House 
chairman,  nuule  a  report.  February  16.  1858,  that  having  ex- 
amined till'  matters  touching  the  condition  of  the  State  Li- 
brary they  Hnd  that  the  legal  works  do  not  meet  the  wants 

-'Messages   and    Pi-oclamations,   v.    21,   pp.    99-100. 


_4l— 

o{'  our  Stnlc  jiulici;il  officers,  .ind  that  those  oflieei's  are  hiltor- 
iii^-  uiidei-  many  disadvantaiies,  resultiii<:'  in  iiiuch  uiieerlainty 
and  lack-  of  uniformity  iu  legal  determinations  and  decisions 
of  the  Sui)reme  Court,'  this  handicap  proving  "deleterious  to 
tiie  best  interests  of  suitors  whose  rights  are  to  bo  adjiidi- 
(ated."  As  judges  and  attorneys  are  dependent  to  a  great 
extent  on  the  library  for  facilities  by  which  to  prepare  briefs, 
with  full  references  to  authorities,  "they  find  it  impossible 
to  do  so  on  account  of  the  absence  of  relia!)le  authorities." 

The  Committee  found  that  the  State's  library  did  not  con- 
tain "a  full  and  complete  set  of  law  or  equity  reports  of 
any  of  the  States,  .  .  .  thus  rendering  it  almost  impos- 
sible to  trace  with  certainty  the  general  current  of  authorities, 
and  thereby  rendering  decisions  uncertain,  and  often  not  in 
unison  with  the  established  rules,  which  l)y  ju-oper  referenri^s 
could  at  all  times  he  obviated." 

In  view  of  these  facts  the  Joint  Committee  recounnended 
an  act  appointing  some  suitable  person  to  act  as  agent  for 
the  State,  whose  duty  would  l)e  to  check  the  reports  and  pur- 
chase all  found  necessary  to  complete  the  sets,  so  far  as  it 
might  ])e  necessary  to  meet  the  wants  complained  of,  and  that 
an  appropriation  be  made  to  that  end. 

?^li".  Husch.  from  the  Senate  Committee,  supplemented  the 
joint  report  with  a  briefer  report  in  which  the  statement  was 
made  that  at  the  time  there  was  no  sufficient  appro])i'iation, 
nor  had  there  been  one,  sufficient  "to  secure  in  a  proper 
manner  the  discharge  of  duties  resting  upon  the  State  Li- 
I)rarian.''  The  salary  then  paid  was  $150.  Inview  of  the 
fact  that  the  State  had  invested  a  large  amount  of  money  in 
the  library,  and  was  about  to  invest  more,  in  justice  to  the 
State  its  library  "should  be  cared  for  and  guarded  in  a 
proper  manner.''  The  salary  paid  the  librarian  was  "grossly 
inadeiiuate  to  the  services  required,"  and  the  connnittee 
recommended  that  a  law  be  passed  fixing  a  reasonable  salary 
foi-  Ihe  State  Librai'ian,  also  that  provisions  be  made  in  the 
hill  by  which  the  librarian  should  ])v  liable  on  his  bond  for 
all  loss  of  books  through  his  negligence  or  carelessness. 


—42— 

Mr.  Rnsch  moved,  and  the  motion  wa.s  adopted,  that  the 
('niiniiilteo  on  Ways  and  Means  be  instrueted  to  report  a 
1  ill  at  an  early  day  for  the  appointment  of  an  agent  to  ex- 
amine into  the  Law  Department  of  the  State  Library  and 
en) powered  to  pnrehai-e  all  the  legal  works  necessary  and 
appropriating  a   snm  snffieient  for  that  pnrpose. 

A  .joint  resolution  passed  the  session  requiring  the  State 
Jjibrarian  and  the  State  Superintendent  to  turn  over  to  the 
State  TTniversity  such  books  as  they  might  select  from  dupli- 
cates in  the  State  Library. 

The  salary  of  the  librarian  for  the  years  1858-59  was  fixed 
at  $G00. 

LIBRARIAN   J.    P.    COULTER'S   REPORT   FOR    1858-59. 

Speaking  from  the  historiographer's  standjioint,  the  darkest 
period  in  the  history  of  Iowa  is,  perhaps,  that  which  imme- 
diately precedes  the  removal  of  the  capital  from  Iowa  City 
to  Des  Moines,  between  1851  and  1858.  The  archives,  now 
for  the  first  time  available  for  historical  research,  will  doubt- 
less throw  nnich  ligh.t  upon  the  otTi:ial  liistory  of  the  State 
covering  that  period ;  but  the  data  which  shonld  contribute 
to  make  those  years  alive  with  events  and  occnrrences  will 
in  all  in'obability  forever  remain  inadequate. 

The  official  history  supplied  by  State  papers  is  wanting  to 
make  complete  the  early  history  of  the  State  Library. 

A  bond  and  oath  of  of^ce  on  file  in  the  Archives  Depart- 
ment indicate  that  J.  P.  Coulter  was  appointed  Librarian 
March  30,  1858. 

The  next  unpublished  manuscript  report  found  covering 
the  activities — or  inactivities — of  the  library  is  that  of  State 
Librarian  J.  P.  Coulter,  made  December  12,  1859,  and  ctn'er- 
ing  the  years  ending  with  that  date.'" 

The  report,  addressed  to  Governor  I;owe,  begins,  with  a 
referen(  e  to  a  complaint  made  by  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  and  the  members  of  the  Bar,  that  the  Reports  of  the 
several  States  are  not  in  the  library,  their  absence  rendering 
it  "'almost  impossible  for  them  to  trace  up  their  authorities 
on   important  points  of  law." 

'■iNlarked   "G"   in   .supplement  to  this  sketcli. 


—43— 

The  steady  increase  in  the  business  of  the  courts  of  the 
Stiite  makes  "more  and  more  apparent  every  year"  the  neces- 
sity of  a  complete  Law  Library.  In  '59  there  were  in  the 
library  only  two  complete  sets  of  State  Reports,  wliereas  at 
the  present  time  the  sets  of  State  Reports  in  the  library  are 
nearly  all  complete. 

The  liln'arian  respettfully  asks  for  a  binding  funtl,  that 
valuable  pamphlets  and  worn-ont  books  may  be  preserved. 

The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  in  1859  was  reported 
as  5,855.  Of  this  number  about  150  volumes  were  su1)ject  to 
the  selection  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education  for 
tile  State  University  Library,  as  per  a  joint  resolution  of 
the  previous  year. 

Then  follows  a  list  of  donations  and  exchanges  from  several 
States,  societies  and  individuals,  showing  much  progress 
toward  that  goal  so  nearly  attained  at  present,  when  the 
fullest  cooperation,  including  inter-state  and  inter-soeiety  ex- 
change and  inter-state  and  inter-society  loans,  is  the  librai'y 
policy  everywhere. 

1860-61. 

The  chief  attention  paid  the  Librarj^  by  the  Eighth  General 
Assembly  was  in  the  nature  of  an  attempt  to  discredit  tluit 
department  and  minimize  its  importance  to  the  State. 

On  the  18th  of  January,  1860,  the  Speaker  presented  to 
the  House  the  report  of  the  State  Librarian.  On  motion  the 
rei)ort  was  laid  upon  the  table  and  200  copies  of  same  were 
ordered  printed  for  the  use  of  the  House. 

On  the  20th  of  .March,  1860,  :\rr.  Bowen  introduced  in  the 
Senate  a  bill  for  an  act  to  abolish  the  office  of  State  Librarian, 
and  devolving  his  duties  on  the  Clerk  of  the  Secretary  of  tlu' 
lioard  of  Education.  The  bill  was  read  twice,  and  on  motion 
of  Mr.  AVatson  was  referred  to  a  special  committee  of  three. 
The  President  appointed  as  that  committee  Senators  Watson, 
l)()wen  and  Duncombe. 

On  the  following  day.  Chairman  Watson  of  that  Connnittee 
reported  the  bill  back  "with  the  recommendation  Ibat  it  do 
not  ])ass."  ^,]r.  Bowen  moved  that  the  eoiiunitlec's  report 
he  not   concurred  in;  which   mot  ion  prevailed. 


-44— 

"Sly.  ]\Iann  moved  tlie  indefinite  postponement  of  the  hill. 
^h\  llowen  called  the  yeas  and  nays.  The  motion  carried  hy 
a  vote  of  23  to  18.'" 

On  the  22d  of  ]\Iarch,  ]\Ir.  Rohb,  in  the  House,  submitted 
a  report  from  the  committee  on  public  library,  together  with 
a  resolution  by  ^Ir.  Baker,  the  nature  of  which  is  not  in- 
dicated in  the  House  Journal  of  that  date,  or  elsewhere.  Mr. 
Kellog-g  moved  that  the  report  with  the  resolution  be  referred 
to  the  committee  on  ways  and  means,  with  instruction  to 
I'eport  "by  bill,  joint  resolution,  or  otherwise."  Mr.  Clagett 
moved  to  amend,  and  the  amendment  carried,  instructing  that 
committee  '"to  inquire  into  the  expediency  of  requiring  the 
State  Li])rarian  to  be  accountable  for  all  books  lost  from  the 
library,  and  requiring  said  librarian  to  take  semi-annual  in- 
ventories of  all  books  in  the  library.''  The  House  Journal 
has  no  record  of  any  action  reconnnended  by  the  ways  and 
means  committee. 

On  the  same  day,  ^Ir.  Olark,  of  Johnson,  ottered  a  resolu- 
tion to  the  effect  '"that  the  committee  of  ways  and  means  be 
instructed  to  inquire  into  the  expediencj'  of  purchasing  the 
law  library  of  Mr.  J.  Grant,  for  the  use  of  the  State,  and  to 
report  by  bill  or  otherwise." 

Mr.  Bereman  offered  a.  resolution  of  in(iuiry  as  to  what 
security  the  State  had  against  loss  by  tire  ""and  to  report  by 
bill  or  otherwise  for  the  insurance  of  the  library  and  other 
property  of  the  State,  if  deemed  neces.sary."  The  matter 
was  referred  to  the  committee  on  i)ublic  buildings,  where, 
presumably,  it  died. 

In  the  report  of  J.  W.  Cattell,  Auditor  of  State,  April  IS, 
18G0,  the  Librarian's  salary  is  itemized  as  $700. 

In  an  act  approved  April  3,  1860.  making  appropriations 
for  the  pay  of  State  officers,  etc.,  the  salary  of  the  Secretary 

-'"The  yeas  were — Senators  Ainsworth,  Bailey,  Buechel.  Drummoml 
Duncombe,  EngUsh,  Gray,  Green,  Hammer,  Johnson,  Mann,  Patterson  of 
Muscatine,  Powers,  Rankin,  Reiner,  Saunders,  Sharraden,  Thompson, 
Trumbull,  Taylor,  Udell,  Watson,  Wilson  of  Dubuque — 23. 

The  nays  were — Senators  Anderson,  Angle,  Bowen,  Brown,  Coolljaugh, 
Davis  of  Clinton.  Davis  of  Polk,  Hagan.s,  Hasting.-:,  Henderson,  Kent.  Lewis, 
McPherson,  Neal,  Pusey,  Pattison  of  Marsliall.  Scott,  XVilson  of  Jefferson 
—18. 


—45— 

of  the  Board  of  Education,  foi-  tlic  tci'in  of  two  ycvirs.  was 
placed  at  $3,000;  "for  tiMveliny'  cxpciiscs  and  for  1hr  pay 
of  deputy  for  the  term  of  two  years.  .  .  .  Ihc  sum  of 
$1,800''  or  $900  a  year.''  Evidently  the  sum  of  $200  w;is 
intended  to  be  used  for  travelinii'  expenses,  and  llic  halance 
of  $700  went  to  the  acting  librarian. 

LIBRARIAN    L.    I.    COULTER'S    REPORT   FOR    1860-61. 

The  seven-page,  eoverless  report  of  L.  I.  Coulter,  who  had 
succeeded  his  father  as  State  Librarian,  dated  Des  Moines. 
January  1,  1862.  covering  the  years  1860  and  1861,  was 
issued  "in  compliance  with  Section  70-4  of  the  Revision  of 
I860.'"'"'  It  reports  the  numlier  of  volumes  in  the  library  at 
the  close  of  the  year  1859  as  5,810.  Since  that  date  the  li- 
brarian had  delivered  to  the  library  of  the  State  Tniversity, 
in  accordance  with  Joint  Kesolution  No.  6.  passed  by  the 
Seventh  General  Assembly,  415  duplicate  volumes.  By  ex- 
changes with  other  States  and  donations  of  scientific  societies 
and  private  individuals,  additions  during  the  years  1860  and 
1861  amounted  to  6,433.  To  shelve  these  accessions,  an  ad- 
ditional alcove  had  been  constructed.  Then  follows  a  list  of 
the  duplicates  sent  the  State  University.  This  is  followed  by 
a  list  of  the  accessions  during  the  years  1860-61.  These  con- 
sist of  documents  from  thirty-two  States  and  two  territories, 
also  government  documents  and  scientific  publications  from 
Berlin  and  Vienna,  one  valueless  donation  and  sixteen  law- 
text   hooks  received   in  (exchange  for  Iowa   reports. 

1862-63. 

The  Ninth  General  Assembly  had  little  time  for  legislation 
(ither  than  that  of  providing  men  and  means  for  {ho  |)roseeu- 
tion  of  the  War  for  the  I'nion.  The  libi-ai'ian 's  report  was 
received  January  27,  1862,  and  on  motion  of  .Mi-.  Ainsworth 
was  ordered  laid  on  the  table  and  printed.  Copies  of  this 
re[)ort  are  scarce. 


-•Acts  of  the  Eighth  G.  A.   Ser.   7,   p.   102. 
--Not   mentioned  in   the  Check  List  of  Stat( 


On  March  4,  1862,  Mr.  Teter  introduced  in  the  Senate  a 
resolution  which,  had  it  passed,  would  have  been  of  incalcu- 
labk'  value  to  tlic  recently  created  Legislative  Reference  Bu- 
reau and  to  legislators.  It  was  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate 
antl  the  Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  severally  preserve  a  file 
of  all  bills  printed  by  order  of  their  respective  Houses,  and 
tliat  at  the  end  of  tlie  session  they  deposit  such  files  with  the 
Secretary  of  State  who  was  directed  to  bind  same  and  place 
them  in  the  State  Library.  On  motion  of  ]\Ir.  Holmes  the 
resolution  was  laid  on  the  table. 

Mr.  Jennings  introduced  in  the  Senate,  April  2,  a  con- 
current resolution  reciting  that,  whereas  a  large  number  of 
valuable  works  in  the  State  Library,  in  pamphlet  form,  w^ere 
suffering  damage ;  and,  whereas  it  was  " '  the  duty  of  the 
(ieneral  Assembly  to  look  to  the  preservation  of  said  library," 
that  the  Secretary  of  State  be  authorized  and  directed  to 
have  the  important  pamphlets  "neatly  bound  into  proper 
separate  volumes  in  half  binding  with  leather  tips."  The 
resolution  was  referred  to  the  committee  on  Library.  On  the 
8th,  that  committee,  through  Mr.  Woodward,  reported.  The 
committee  had  visited  the  Library  and  noted  its  condition. 
It  was  found  that  there  were  various  valuable  works  of  and 
relating  to  the  laws,  etc.,  which  were  bound  in  pamphlet 
form,  "two  or  three  copies  of  which  should  be  on  the  shelves 
of  the  Library,  and  should  be  preserved;"  also  that  there 
were  publications  of  other  States  in  pamphlet  form,  one  copy 
of  which,  at  least,  shall  be  bound  for  preservation.  Then 
followed  a  few  details  not  essential  to  the  record.  The  com- 
mittee reported  a  bill  emljodying  these  recommendations. 
The  bill  was  at  once  taken  up,  and  passed  by  a  vote  of  27  to  12. 

The  House  promptly  took  up  the  bill  messaged  from  the 
Senate,  and.  on  motion  of  Mr.  Shipmau,  it  was  indefinitely 
postponed. 

LIBRARIAN    L.    I.    COULTER'S    REPORT    FOR    1862-63. 

A  manuscript  report  has  been  found,  signed  by  L.  I. 
Coulter.  State  Librarian,  dated  January  11,'"  1864.  This, 
the  first  ol"  a   new  series  of  separately  printed  reports,  men- 

-■'M;irked  "II"  in   .supiUemcnt  to   llii.s  sketcli. 


tioiu'tl  in  till'  CliL'ck  List  oi"  Slati'  I'uhlications.  covers  only 
seven  pages,  copies  of  which  are  scarce.  This  report  cover- 
iug  the  years  1862-63  is  devoid  of  interest  beyond  tlie  list  of 
additions  to  the  lil)rary  dnring  the  period,  and  this  list  is 
chietly  interesting  because  of  its  revelation  that  not  a  single 
general  work  was  added  to  the  lilu-ary  during  the  years 
covered  by  the  report.  The  only  additions  were  exchanges 
with  the  several  States  in  the  nature  of  laws,  law  reports  and 
State  documents,  Smithsonian  Institute  collections  and  dona- 
tions from  foreign  literary  and  si-ientific  associations,  made 
through  the  agency  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute.  The  total 
of  receipts  for  the  period  Avas  835  volumes. 


(I'overnor  Kirkwood  in  his  second  biennial  ^fessage,  Janu- 
ary V2.  1864,  declares  that  "the  absolute  necessity  for  a  good 
Law  Lil)rary,  to  a  court  of  last  resort,  nnist  be  apparent  to 
all."  lie  adds:  "It  is  as  unreasonable  to  expect  learned  and 
correct  decisions  from  a  ctuirt  deprived  of  a  good  liliT'isry,  as 
it  is  to  expect  good  and  well  finished  work  from  a  mechanic 
without  tools.  The  Reports  of  other  States  contain  the  well 
considered  opinions  of  tlieir  most  learned  Judges;  the  ele- 
mentary works  contain  the  i)rinciples  upon  which  our  whole 
legal  system  is  based,  and  to  require  our  Judges  to  decide 
cases  involving  ([uestions  affecting  the  most  vital  rights  and 
interests  of  our  people  without  the  opportunity  to  consult 
these  fountains  of  law.  is  unreasonal)le  in  itself,  and  tends 
to  render  doubtful  and  uncertain  the  principles  controlling 
and  protecting  these  rights  and  interests.'"" 

THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  RESPONDS. 

The  Tenth  (xcneral  Assembly  responded  to  (Jovernor  Kirk- 
wood's  appeal  with  a  generous  approi)riation.  That  por- 
tion of  the  (iovernor's  ^Fessage  relating  to  the  lil)rary  was 
pr;;mptly  referred  and  on  the  23d  of  January,  1864,  .Mr. 
Hurley  from  the  Senate  Committee  on  Library,  reported  that 
a  bill  appropriating  money  for  the  State  Library  had  been 

^"Messages  ami  Document;--,  v.   2,  pp.  3.3.T-36. 


—48- 

uiider  advisciticiit,  aiul  lu'  had  been  instructed  to  recommend 
its  i)assaii-e  and  its;  innncdiate  publication.  Fel)ruary  1,  the 
hill  came  to  a  vote  and  passed  with  only  ten  o[)posing."" 

On  the  11th  the  bill  came  back  from  the  House,  amended 
liy  a  reduction  of  the  appropriation  from  $5,000  to  $3,000. 
aiul  substituting-  "Auditor  of  State"  for  " Governor. ""  as  the 
officer  to  whom  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  should  give 
an  account  of  their  i)urchases  of  books. 

Two  days  later,  on  motion  of  IMcCrary  of  Lee,  the  Seiuite 
refused  to  concur  in  the  House  amendments.  A  conference 
followed.  ^lessrs.  Stiles.  Moir  and  Mills  for  the  House  and 
^IcCrary,  of  Lee.  Hatch  and  Gue  for  the  Senate.  Chairman 
]McCrary  reported  to  the  Senate  recommending  that  that  body 
recede  from  its  refusal  to  adopt  the  House  amendments,  and. 
concur  in  said  amendments. 

On  the  8th  of  March  the  ((uestion  of  concurrence  was 
settled  affirmatively,  by  a  vote  of  40  to  1,  Senator  Burdick 
alone  voting  in  the  negative.  The  1  ill.  as  i)assed,''  appro- 
priates $o,C<)0  "for  the  ])uri)osc  of  increasing  the  hiw  part  of 
the  State  Library,"  the  funds  to  be  expended  under  the 
supervision  of  the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

LIBRARIAN    L.    I.    COULTER'S    REPORT    FOR    1864-65. 

The  Si  arce  report  of  Librai'ian  L.  1.  Coulter,  dated  Jaiui- 
ary  S.  lS(i(i,  and  covering  the  years  l8(J-±-()5,  is  simply  an  in- 
ventory of  additions  made  to  the  State  Library  during  the 
biennial  period  by  exchange  and  l)y  donations  from  scientitie 
sources  and  individuals  and  hy  purchase.  The  list  includes 
the  books  purchased  by  the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  with 
the  money  appropriated  by  the  Tenth  General  Assembly. 


■'•"•'Yeas — Ba.ssett,  Burdick.  Brunson.  Bra.vton.  Boardman,  Bridges. 
Crookham,  Clark,  Cutts,  Fccte,  Gray,  CUie,  Kart,  Hogin,  Hill.ver.  Hunt. 
Hatch,  Hilsinser,  King,  McJunkin,  McCrary  of  Lee,  McCrary  of  Va'i 
Buren,  Moore,  McMillan,  Merrill,  Paryiu,  Saunder.s,  Shippen,  Wharton  an  1 
Woolson — .30. 

Nays — Brown,  Clarkson,  l'"laugh,  Hes.«er,  llilsin.i^er,  Jennings,  Knoll, 
Patter.son,    Ross,    Udell — 10. 

"'Laws  of  the  Tenth  General  As.senibly,   Ch.    i-.   p.    11. 


WITMROW,    WllIUIlT    AND    DILLON'S    INTEREST    IN    Till': 
LIBRARY. 

The  iiapci's  of  ISii.")  hi'iiiu-  out  Ihc  ;:c1i\-c  iiiti'iH'st  liiken  I'y 
scvei-;il  fnnious  lown  jurists  in  tlie  uphuildinij'  ol'  llic  \,;\\v 
Lihi-ai-y. 

lion.  Thomas  F.  Witlwow,  repi'cscntin^  the  jiul'ics  oi'  llic 
Supri'iiic  Court,  siil)inits  a  rcpoi't  on  the  purchase  of  hooks 
"for  the  law  part  of  the  State  Lihrary,  to  the  total  aiiiouni 
of  .$2,i)85.42.''  "The  expense  of  niakinu;'  these  purchases 
(aside  from  freight  and  express  eharges)  .  .  .  amounted 
in  the  aggregate  to  $14!). (»2."  Evidently  tiu^  huyer  then 
sought  the  sellei' — not  the  seller,  the  huycn-,  as  at  the  present 
time. 

Hon.  George  (i.  AVright,  chief  justice,  makes  a  supplemental 
report,  in  which  he  declares  the  appropriation  "insnfticient 
to  [)urchase  all  the  liooks  needed  for  the  liihrary" — a  con- 
dition not  entirely  uni(iue  in  the  library's  history!  Tlie 
judges  deemed  it  advisable  to  purchase  the  leading  text  books 
and  sueh  reports  as  were  deemed  necessary  to  fill  up  broken- 
sets,  many  of  which  were  even  then  "difficult  to  obtain." 
Judge  AVrights  adds:  "Indeed,  they  were  only  secured  by 
correspondence  and  personal  interviews  with  most  of  the  law 
pul)lishing  houses  of  the  United  States."  And  even  those 
purchased  "were  found  to  be  out-of-print  and  had  to  be 
l)icked  up  in  private  libraries  where  they  were  duplicates,  or 
the  owners  were  willing  to  sell."  The  Judge  with  what  simmiis 
to  be  a  touch  of  his  well-remembered  humor — "the  humor  of 
understatement"  as  Lowell  terms  it — concludes  with  the  re- 
mark: "We  deem  it  not  improper  to  state  that  the  Library 
is  still  incomplete!"  lie  recommends  that  some  means  be 
adopted  at  an  early  day  to  round  it  out  into  completeness. 
That  "early  day"  has  not  arrived,  tliough  the  State  has  since 
dealt  libei-ally  by  its  libi'ary.  When  a  librai-ian,  or  a  Ix.ai'd. 
pi'onounces  a  State  Lilu'ary  complete,  tlie  time  will  have  fully 
co:iie  for  a  change,  for  a  working  librai'y  is  essentially  in- 
complete, ami  the  most  a  libi-ary  boai'd  or  a  librarian,  can 
expect  to  do  is  to  appi'oximate  towai'd  completeness  as  closely 
as  its  maintenance  fund  and  favoring  circumst;uices  ^\^ll 
permit. 


The  name  of  Jiu1,ue  John  V.  I)ilh)n  appears  on  a  voudun' 
of  this  year  as  havin-^-  houglit  for  the  State  twelve  volinnes 
of  the  Anieriean  Law  Register  at  ^5  per  volunie,  ^vith  20 
l)er  cent  off. 

It  is  notable,  in  a  eouiitry  of  frecpient  ehanges  in  the  eom- 
mereial  world,  that  the  two  business  houses  from  whom  these 
purchases  were  made,  namely :  Banks,  Gould  &  Company,  suc- 
ceeded by  Banks  &  Bros  ,  New  York,  and  Callaghan  &  Cutter, 
succeeded  by  Callaghan  &  Company,  Chicago,  are  still  the 
leading  handlers  of  law-books  in  the  United  States.  The  pres- 
ence of  the  2-cent  revenue  stamp  on  the  receipts  of  one  of 
these  firms,  with  the  absence  of  the  stamp  on  those  of  the  other, 
suggests  either  an  evasion  of  the  internal  revenue  law  by  one, 
or  excessive  conscientiousness  on  the  part  of  the  other  1 

1886-67. 

In  his  iirst  Ijieunial  message  of  January  8,  18G(i,  Ciovernor 
Si  one  in(  ideiitally  refers  to  the  State  Library  as  "a  valuable 
auxiliary  to  a  Law  School,"  presenting  this  as  one  of  the  "i)e- 
ciiliarly  strong  reasons  for  the  location  of  this  school  at  the 
Capital."'  The  Governor  seemed  to  be  satisfied  with  the 
meager  ecjuipment  of  the  library,  as  he  makes  no  recommenda- 
tion for  increased  appropriation  therefor."' 

1866-67. 

Ill  the  Eleventh  General  Assembly  an  effort  was  made  by 
Senator  Bray  ton  "to  provide  for  increasing  the  State  Library, 
and  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  the  purpose."  But  the 
Brayton  bill  never  even  reached  the  House.  It  was  introduced 
January  29.  1866,  and  referred  to  the  committee  on  State 
Lihi-ary.  Three  days  later  that  committee,  through  its  chair- 
man. J.  II.  Smith,  reported  the  bill  back  recommending  its 
indefinite  postponement.  ]\Ir.  Brayton  i)resented  a  minority 
report  amending  the  bill  and  recommending  its  passage  as 
aincndcil.  On  the  27lh  of  February,  the  majority  report  was 
ad;;{)ted,  and  so  the  bill  w^as  indefinitely  postponed. 

P>ut  Senator  Brayton  persisted.  By  consent  he  at  once  in- 
troduced Senate  File,  No.   157,  presumably  eliminating  the 

s=Messages  and  Proclamations,  v.   3,  p.   44. 


objectionable  features  of  tbe  original  measure.  The  bill  was 
referred  to  the  committee  on  ways  and  means,  was  ivijorted 
out  and,  on  the  19th  of  Mareli.  w;is  put  upon  its  ])a>-s;i,uv.  re- 
ceiving 26  votes,  with  15  nays. 

In  the  House,  jMareh  20,  the  bill  went  to  the  committee 
on  Library.  JNIarch  16,  Mr.  Tisdale  from  that  committee  re- 
])orted  a  new  bill  to  the  same  end.  This  bill,  in  effect  a  sub- 
stitute for  the  Senate  bill,  was  referred  to  ways  and  means, 
ft  wns  reported  l>y  the  "sifting  committee"  too  far  down  Ihe 
revised  calendar  to  be  reached,  and  hence  the  bill  "lost  out." 

The  only  other  legislation  attempted  in  tlie  interest  of  the 
library  was  a  Senate  .joint  resolution  appropriating  funds  for' 
the  purchase  of  300  copies  of  Stewart's  "Iowa  Colonels  and 
Kegiments, "  to  be  used  by  the  State  Library  aiul  tlie  His- 
torical Department  as  a  basis  of  exchange  for  the  hiws  ;iiid 
do,  uiiients  of  other  States.     This  also  failed. 

LIBRARIAN   L.    I.   COULTER'S   REPORT   FOR    1866-67. 

The  next  unpublished  manuscript  report'  found  among  the 
Archives  is  by  Librarian  L.  I.  Coulter,  and  dated  January 
13,  1868.  This  report  like  the  rest  is  simply  a  list  of  laws, 
documents,  translations,  etc.,  received  during  the  years  1866 
and  1867,  the  total  number  of  which  was  928  volumes.  The 
librarian  respectfully  suggests  that  the  publication  of  foreign 
scientific  and  literary  societies  be  transferred  to  the  Library 
of  the  State  University.  The  report  includes  a  number  of 
purchases  made  by  Judge  C.  C.  Cole,  namely  copies  of  North 
Carolina,  Tennessee,  IMississippi,  South  Carolina  and  Vermont 
rci)orts  with  a  view  to  completing  the  sets  of  State  l\ei)oi'ts 
necessary  to  the  practice  in  Iowa. 


The  Twelfth  General  Asseml)ly's  only  contributions  to  Ihe 
interests  of  the  State  Library  were  a  series  of  provisions  to 
facilitate  free  exchanges  with  the  libraries  and  societies  of 
other  States.  By  separate  statutes,  100  copies  ol'  the  Adjutant 
Ceneral's  report  were  turned  over  to  the   librarian    ior  ex- 

■•■■i\Iarl<ed  "I"   in  tlio  svipi-iloniPuL  to  tliis  .sketch. 


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change  purposes;  the  Secretary  of  State  was  directed  to  dis- 
tribute two  copies  of  the  Session  Laws,  as  tliey  appear,  to 
the  librarian  of  each  State  and  Territory;  and  to  supply  the 
Iowa  librarian  with  ten  copies  of  the  annual  reports  of  the 
Iowa  State  Agricultural  Society.  It  adjourned  without  making 
any  provision,  whatever,  for  the  librarian's  support. 

On  the  30th  of  January,  1868,  a  communication  from  the 
State  Librarian  was  taken  up  in  the  Senate  and  on  motion 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  State  Library.  This  com- 
numication  is  doubtless  the  Librarian's  Report  covering  the 
years  186C-67,  to  which  reference  has  been  made. 

THE  COULTERS— FATHER  AND  SON. 

There  appears  to  be  no  official  record  of  the  appointment 
of  J.  P.  Coulter's  son,  L.  I.  Coulter,  as  State  Librarian. 
As  stated,  the  elder  Coulter  was  appointed  in  1858,  and  his 
first  and  only  report,  dated  December,  1859,  covered  the 
previous  year.  The  Eighth  General  Asseml)ly  practically 
eliminated  the  elder  Coulter  by  a  clause  in  the  salary  appro- 
priation bill  permitting  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion to  appoint  a  deputy  for  two  years,  "provided  said 
deputy  shall  act  as  State  Librarian.'"*  The  son,  formerly 
a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  was 
appointed  deputy  and  served  until  the  prevision  of  the  ap- 
propriations committee  was  withheld  in  1868.  He  served  two 
years  more  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  then 
secured  a  position  with  the  book-publishing  house  of  Iveson, 
Blakeman  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.  The  elder  Coulter,  Capt.  John  P., 
is  dead.  The  younger  is  still  living  in  Chicago  and  actively 
engaged  in  the  service  of  tlie  American  Bonk  Company."^ 

1870-71. 

GOVERNOR    MERRILL'S    PLEA   FOR    THE    LIBRARY. 

In  Covernor  JMerrill  the  State  library  found  an  enthusiastic 
supporter.  In  his  first  biennial  ^Message,  January  11,  1870,  the 
(Jovernor  noted  the  fact  that  tlie  general  lil)rarv  luid  received 


'^Chapter  84,  Laws  of  Eighth  G.   A.,  p.   102. 

■■■"■The  writer  Is   indebted   to  Messrs.   "\V.    H.    Flemins  and    .Jnlin    .M.    Davis 
for  information  concerning  the  Coulters. 


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110  julditinns  "since  tlu'  removal  of  the  cnpital  from  Town 
Cily."  except  a  few  donations.  He  nr.ucd  that  tlie  l().!)(il 
volumes  in  the  liln-ary  "sliouKl  he  replenished."  lie  noted 
the  addition  of  1,().S1  volumes,  hy  exchange  and  donation, 
during'  the  biennial  period.  He  referred  with  satisfaction  to 
the  act  of  the  previous  General  Assembly,  "reviving  a  law 
of  1864,  giving  the  Secretary  of  State  authority  to  dispose  of 
Supreme  Court  Reports  in  exehau'ge  for  books  on  law  and 
e(|iiity  to  be  selected  by  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court." 
'This  system  of  exchange  he  finds  "has  caused  an  accession  to 
the  law  library  of  542  volumes  of  valuable  and  needed  works" 
— with  more  coming.  He  optimistically  concludes  that  from 
this  source  the  library  might  rely  on  receiving  about  a  thou- 
sand dollars'  worth  of  books  a  year,  and  these  with  exchanges 
and  donations  would  add  to  the  library  about  2,000  volumes 
during  the  next  two  years.  He  then  calls  the  legislature's 
attention  to  the  fact  that  the  library  apartments  are  too  small 
even  for  present  demands,  adding  that  "a  great  number  of 
books  are  boxed  up  and  otherwise  put  away,''  for  want  of 
room.  He  urges  the  necessity  of  providing  more  shelf-room 
for  the  library.  He  suggests  that  "the  room  now  occupied 
by  the  Supreme  Court  might  be  taken,  and  other  provision 
be  made  for  the  accommodation  of  that  tribunal."  He  also 
recommends  a  revision  of  the  law  relating  to  the  State 
Library,  adding : 

The  present  act  was  passed  many  years  ago,  when  the  number  of 
volumes  in  the  library  was  quite  small,  and  when  one  of  the  State 
officers  could  readily  attend  to  it  without  neglect  of  his  other 
duties.  Now,  the  proper  care  of  the  room  and  books  requires  the 
time  and  attention  of  one  person,  who  should  receive  appropriate 
compensation  therefor,  and  be  held  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping 
of  the  property,  tie  should  also  have  charge  of  the  reception  and 
distribution  of  all  books  connected  with  the  library  under  the  laws 
of  the  state." 

Through  the  active  exertions  of  Justice  Cole,  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  the  General  Assembly  enlarged  the  library's 
facilities  for  exchange  and  purchase  Ity  authorizing  the  sale 
of  200  copies  of  Greene's  Reports  for  the  benefit  ol'  the 
library. 

^■•Me.ssag'es   and    Proclam.itions,    v.    .!,    i)p.    Ii74-.'). 


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In  1871  the  librai\y  was  moved  into  the  vacated  Supreme 
Court  room  in  the  old  capitol,  and  was  thus  given  nearly 
doul)le  the  tioor  and  shelving  space  it  had  before.  With  one 
of  those  inconsistencies  incident  to  legislation  by  the  many, 
the  General  Assembly  neglected  to  act  upon  the  (Jovernor's 
suggestion  that  the  separate  office  of  librarian  should  be 
restored  and  that  the  incumbent  should  receive  appropriate 
compensation  for  his  services.  The  Governor's  appointee. 
John  C.  Merrill,  filed  his  bond  May  16,  1868 ;  but  the  Twelftli 
General  Assembly,  while  relieving  the  deputy  of  the  State 
Superintendent  from  duty  as  librarian,  adjourned  without 
making  any  provision  for  the  librariansliip.  Consequently  Mr. 
ilerrill  was  appointed  by  the  Census  Board  an  extra  janitor.  ' 
lie  continued  to  receive  pay  as  a  janitor  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  September,  1871.  ]Mr.  Merrill  served  the  State  witli 
rare  fidelity,  industry  and  intelligence,  preparing  the  way 
for  the  eminently'  successful  administration  of  i\Irs.  Ada 
North,  who  succeeded  him,  and,  upon  whom  the  title,  "State 
Ijil)rarian,"  was  worthily  bestowed. 

The  subsequent  history  of  the  State  Library  is  a  matter  of 
record  and  the  records  are  complete,  though  several  of  the 
Librarian's  reports  are  scarce. 


STATE  LIBRARY  LEGISLATION  SINCE  1870. 

The  writer's  original  purpose — that  of  tracing  the  history 
of  Iowa's  State  Library  from  the  beginning  of  its  career  in 
1888  down  to  1870,  the  date  at  which  separate  reports  began 
to  be  regularly  issued  by  the  librarian — has  been  accom- 
plished, thereby  filling  a  small  gap  in  the  official  history  of 
the  State.'"'  Inasmuch  as  many  of  the  regular  biennial  reports 
which  follow  the  year  1870  contain  little  outside  of  lists  of 

•'•'Mrs.    North's;    Historical    Sl<etch    of   the    Iowa    State    Library,    1875. 

""■'Mention  should  be  made  of  the  brief  historical  sketch  of  the  State 
Liljrary  by  Mrs.  Ada  North,  librarian,  in  1875.  New  light  thrown  upon 
the  subject  by  reports  found  among  the  State  Archives  do  not  detract 
from  the  value  of  this  sketch. 

In  1893,  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Miller,  then  librarian,  made  Mrs.  North's  sketch 
the  starting  point  of  a  historical  sketch,  extending  State  Library  history 
down  to  her  own  time.  This  brief  sketch — only  a  single  copy  of  which 
remains  in  the  librar>- — has  also  proved  valuable  as  a  starting  point  for 
research. 


hooks  added  durino-  tho  several  biennial  periods,  it  seems  best 
to  summarize  briefly  the  legislation  afifeeting-  the  State  Li- 
hi'ary  wliieh  has  been  enacted  since  tlie  chise  of  the  year  lS(i!). 

1870. — The  Thirteenth  (ieneral  Assem])ly  in  an  act  ap- 
proved April  14,  1870,  took  the  State  Library  ont  of  the 
hands  of  the  Governor  and  placed  it  with  the  jndges  of  the 
Snprenn'  C(nirt,  styling  theni  Commissioners  of  the  State 
Lil)rary,  and  as  snch  placing  in  their  hands  the  management 
and  control  of  the  library  in  the  selection  and  exchange  of 
books.  The  commissioners  were  to  receive  no  compensation 
foi'  their  services. 

The  librarian's  exchange  facilities  were  strengthened  by 
the  pnrchase  of  200  copies  of  Greene's  Reports  of  the  deci- 
sions of  the  Iowa  Snpreme  Court,  the  l)Ooks  to  l)e  retained 
by  the  Idirarian  for  distribution  and  exchange. 

1872. — An  act  approved  April  23,  1872,  "in  relation  to 
the  State  Library  and  the  duties  of  the  State  Librarian,"  re- 
oi-gahized  the  Library  Board  upon  its  present  basis,  made  up 
as  it  is  of  the  Governor,  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
the  Secretary  of  State  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction. The  new  law  continued  the  old  territorial  prohil)i- 
tions  and  limitations  as  to  the  loan  of  books.  It  made  the  librar- 
ian the  appointee  of  the  Governor,  and  gave  him  a  tw^o  years 
term,  fixing  his  bond  at  $5,000  and  his  salary  at  $1,200,  and 
prohibiting  the  payment  of  an  extra  amount  for  an  assistant 
lil)rarian.  It  provided  for  a  ])iennial  report  to  the  Governor, 
containing  a  list  of  books  acquired  during  the  previous  l)i- 
ennial  period.  It  appropriated  $100  annually  to  be  expended 
by  the  Board  in  tlie  pu"rchase  of  books  for  the  library.  Other- 
details  are  in  the  main  a  repetition  of  former  reg'uhitions. 

1878.— The  Code  of  1873  fixed  the  salary  of  the  State  Li- 
brarian at  $1,200,  and  prohibited  the  payment  of  any  extra 
amount  for  an  assistant  librarian.  The  Seventeenth  (ien- 
eral Assembly,  in  a  law  approved  March  21,  1878,  amended 
Section  3762  of  the  Code  reducing  the  State  Librarian's 
salary  from  $1,200  to  $1,000.  It  fixed  the  annual  appropria- 
tion for  books  at  $1,000. 


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1880. — The  Eighteenth  General  Assembly  in  an  act  ap- 
proved ]Mareh  20,  1880,  puohibited  the  removal  of  books,  maps, 
charts  or  papers  belonging  to  the  State  Library  from  the 
Capitol,  except  a  removal  from  the  old  to  the  new 
Capitol — practically  a  repetition  of  laws  and  resolutions 
passed  by  i)revious  legislatures.  By  an  act  approved  March 
27,  1880,  Section  1899  of  the  Code,  fixing  at  $1,000  the  ap- 
propriation for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  State  Library, 
was  amended  increasing  the  annual  appropriation  for  pur- 
chase of  books  to  $2,000.  The  act  also  appropriated  the  sum 
of  $500  annually  for  the  salary  of  an  assistant  librarian,  when 
in  the  judgment  of  the  trustees  such  assistant  should  be 
appointed. 

188-1. — The  Twentietli  General  Asseml)ly  passed  an  act,  ap- 
proved April  1-1,  1884.  raising  the  appropriation  for  the  State 
Library  from  $2,000  to  $6,000.  to  be  expended  in  the  pur- 
chase of  miscellaneous  books  to  improve  the  character  and 
supply  the  omissions  in  the  miscellaneous  division  of  the 
library.  It  also  authorized  the  librarian  to  employ  a  first 
assistant  at  $800.  To  pay  said  salaries,  also  to  provide 
foi-  extra  assistance  in  rearranging  the  library  on  the  com- 
pletion of  the  upper  shelves,  there  was  appropriated  the 
furthei'  sum  of  $1,500  per  year  for  two  years.  The  salary 
of  tile  State  Lil)rarian  was  restored  to  $1,200. 

188(). — The  Twenty-first  General  Assembly  in  an  act  ap- 
proved April  12,  1886,  raised  the  salary  of  the  librarian's 
first  assistant  from  $500  to  $(iOO. 

1888. — The  Twenty-second  General  Assembly  in  an  art  ap- 
proved April  11,  1888,  appropriated  the  following  sums  for 
the  following  purposes :  For  matting  for  the  first  floor  and 
first  gallery.  .$450;  tin  rollers  for  maps,  $100;  book  elevators, 
$100;  five  tables  for  rooms  in  the  galleries,  $50;  $1,000  for  re- 
binding  old  books,  periodicals  and  pamphlets.  Total  $1,700. 
.  1890. — The  Twenty-third  (Jeneral  Asseml)ly  made  an  addi- 
tional appropriation  of  $1,000  (approved  April  24,  1890), 
$1.5(10  to  (•oiii])l(4e  sets  of  the  Session  Laws  of  the  States  and 


Territories;  .i<r)(l<)  to  eoinplete  .sets  of  periodicals  and  lo  pro- 
cure new  sets. 

ISil'i. — 15y  an  act  approved  Api'il  !),  1S!)2.  tlie  T\veiit\-- 
i'ourtii  (ieneral  Assenil)ly  rethu-ed  the  a[tin'opriation  I'oi'  hooks 
for  the  State  Lihrary  from  $6,000  to  $5,000. 

1894. — The  Twenty-fifth  General  Assembly,  recognizing'  the 
mission  and  the  g-rowing  importance  and  usefulness  of  the 
Historical  Department,  by  an  act  approved  April  2,  1(S94,  au- 
th(»ri/ed  the  truhiees  of  the  State  Lil)i-a]'y  to  turn  over  to  llial 
department  the  county  histories  and  tiles  of  newspapers  in 
the  State  Library.  It  also  authorized  the  expenditure  of 
$8,000  during  the  year  1S9-1:.  in  excess  of  the  regular  appi-o- 
priation,  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  library. 

1896. — The  Twenty-sixth  General  Assembly  gave  birth  to 
the  Traveling  Library  of  Iowa,  now  one  of  the  principal  ac- 
tivities of  the  Iowa  Library  Commission.  By  an  act  approved 
April  8.  1896,  the  State  Library  trustees  were  empowered  to 
establish  associate  libraries  in,  school  and  college  libraries 
throughout  the  State.  The  State  Librarian  was  directed  to 
issue  to  sucli  local  libraries  certificates  as  siieii.  The  law  left 
to  the  trustees  and  the  State  Librarian  the  development  of 
the  details  of  a  loaning  system,  inchuling  the  loan  of  books, 
ill  response  to  a  taxpayers'  i)etition,  to  communities  and  or- 
ganizations where  no  library  existed.  The  sum  of  .$4,000  was 
appropriated  "for  the  purchase  of  books  and  equipment  of 
collections  of  books,"  and  collections  to  be  loaned  were  to  be 
designated  as  "Iowa  Traveling  Libraries."" 

1898.— "To  further  extend  tlie  use  of  the  Iowa  Traveling 
Libraries,"  the  Twenty-seventh  General  Assembly  passed  an 
act  approved  April  7.  1898,  appropriating  annually  the  sum 
of  $2.(.'0(».  The  saiiu'  body  by  joint  resolution  Xo.  ").  created 
the  position  of  Assistant  to  Librarian,  fixing  his  salary  at 
$720. 

IIMM). — The  act  consolidating  "the  miscellaneous  [)ortioii  of 
the  State  Library  wnth  the  Historical  Department,"  amenda- 
tory of  Ghapt.'r  17.  title  Vl  of  the  Code,  was  passed  by  the 
Twenty-eighth  (ieneral  Assembly  and  became  a  law  .March 
12,  1900.     The  law  made  several  radical  clianges.     The  State 


—58— 

Lilii'.-iry  1rus1((s  luid  loiiu  \)vvn  the  trustees  of  the  Ilistorieal 
Deparliiier.l.  I'y  tliis  act  they  ceased  to  act  as  separate 
hoards. 

Section  1  empowered  the  trustees  of  the  two  boards  "to 
consolidate  the  miscellaneous  portion  of  the  Iowa  State  Li- 
brary (exclusive  of  the  law  section)  or  so  much  thereof  as 
shall  be  regarded  liy  said  t)oard  as  advisable,  with  the  Ilis- 
torieal Department,  the  consolidation  to  take  effect  n})on  the 
beginning  of  the  new  year." 

Section  2  decreed  "that  after  such  consolidation  the  State 
Librarian  shall  have  general  charge  of  the  Ilistorieal  Depart- 
ment and  of  the  consolidated  and  law  libraries.  The  curator 
of  the  museum  and  art  gallery  shall  have  charge  of  the  mu- 
seum, and  art  gallery,  the  newspapers  and  historical  periodi- 
cals. The  assistant  to  librarian  shall  have  charge  of  the  law 
library,  under  tlie  direction  of  the  state  librarian."  The  term 
of  each  official  named  was  extended  from  two  to  six  years,  and 
his  appointment  was  transferred  from  the  Governor  to  the 
l)oard  of  trustees. 

Section  8  authorized  the  Executive  Council  to  (irocure  nec- 
essary furniture  and  fixtures  to  carry  the  consolidation  into 
effect. 

Section  4  gives  tlu'  trustees  "control  of  tlie  resix'ctive  de- 
partments above  named."  and  directed  them  to  "assign  rooms 
to  be  occupied  by  each  of  said  officers." 

Section  5  appropriated  ^10,000  "for  llie  use  of  the  state 
library  and  historical  department  and  nuiseum,  and  .^52,500 
for  the  law  department." 

The  practical  working  out  of  the  law  was  an  eiiual  division 
of  the  appropriation  of  .^10,00.0  between  the  (Jeneral  Lil)rary 
and  the  Historical  Department,  and  the  removal  (in  April, 
1908)  of  the  (Jeneral  Library  to  the  East  wing  of  the  new 
Historical  Building. 

Section  6  i)laced  the  salary  of  the  State  Librarian  at  ^2,000; 
that  of  tlie  curator  of  the  Historical  Department  at  $1,600, 
and  that  of  the  curator  of  the  Law  Department  at  $1,200. 

The  same  body,  by  a  separate  act  approved  April  6,  1900, 
raised  the  salaries  of  the  State  Librarian's  assistants  as  fol- 


—59— 

lows:  first  assistant,   from  $600  to  $1,000;  second   jissistant, 
from  $500  to  $800;  third  assistant  from  $400  to  $700. 

In  response  to  a  demand  for  a  Library  Commission,  the 
Twenty-eighth  General  Assembly  created  such  body  mak- 
ing the  State  Librarian,  the  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lie  Instruction,  and  the  president  of  the  State  University 
each  an  ex-officio  member,  and  empowering  the  Oovernor  to 
appoint  four  other  members. 

l!)02. — The  Twenty-ninth  (Jeneral  Assembly  by  joint  reso- 
lution Xc).  5,  created  the  position  of  cataloguer  for  the  State 
Library  at  a  salary  of  $1,000.  It  also  directed  the  State 
Library  Board  to  transfer  to  the  Iowa  Library  Commission 
all  the  Traveling  Libraries  belonging  to  the  State  and  prev- 
iously operated  by  the  State  Librarian. 

1904.— The  Thirtieth  General  Assembly  added  to  the  State 
Librarian's  office  force  a  stenographer  and  bookkeeper  at  a 
salary  of  $720. 

1906. — The  Thirty-first  General  Assembly,  by  joint  resolu- 
tion, awarded  the  assistant  to  librarian  in  charge  of  law  li- 
l)rary  and  documents  the  sum  of  $800  in  addition  to  his 
regular  compensation  of  $720. 

1907. — The  Thirty-second  General  Assembly,  by  an  act  ap- 
proved February  22,  1907,  appropriated  and  turned  over  to 
the  State  Librarian  $150  to  be  used  in  the  procuring  of  legis- 
lative references  to  and  indexes  of  current  legislation. 

The  salaries  of  the  State  Library  force  were  placed  upon 
their  present  basis  by  the  Thirty-second  General  Assembly, 
by  an  act  approved  April  10,  1907.  By  this  act,  the  libra- 
rian's salary  w^as  fixed  at  $2,400;  the  assistant  to  librarian  at 
$1,800;  the  librarian's  first  assistant  at  $1,100;  seccmd  as- 
sistant $1,000;  third  assistant,  $900. 

1909. — This  was  followed,  in  1909,  by  the  inclusion  of  an 
item  of  $1,000  for  a  "legislative  and  general  reference  as- 
sistant," thus  enabling  the  librarian  to  organize  a  Legislative 
Reference  Bureau  in  connection  with  the  Law  and  Document 
Department. 


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1911. — By  the  action  of  the  Thirty-fourth  (leneral  Assem- 
bly, approved  April  1,  1911,  the  appropriations  for  the  State 
Library  and  Historical  Department  were  increased  to  their 
present  status— to  the  great  relief  of  all  three  departments. 
The  Law  Department  and  Legislative  Reference  Bureau  to- 
gether were  given  $6,000.  The  ]Miscellaneous,  or  General, 
Library  was  given  $6,000,  and  the  Historical  Department  the 
same  amount.  Theretofore,  the  three  departments  were  to- 
gether allowed  $14,000;  the  Law,  $4,000:  the  General  Li- 
brary, .$5.000 ;  the  Historical  Department.  $5,000. 


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Supplemental 


[A] 

CATALOGUE    OF    TERRITORIAL    LIBRARY    MADE    BY 
LIBRARIAN  PARVIN  IN  1839. 

BIOGRAPHY. 

Vols. 

Bosweil's  Life  of  Johnson 2 

Clark's   Life   of  Wellington 3 

Irving's  Life  of  Columbus 3 

Johnson's  Life  of  Greene 2 

Life  of  Arthur  Lee 2 

Life  of  Commodore  Barney 

Life  of  A.  Clarke 

Life  of  Paul  Jones 

Life  of  Fulton 

Life   of  Livingston ^ 

Life  of  Napoleon 

Life   of  Watson 

Memoirs  of  Cardinal  De  Retz 

Memoirs  of  Lindley  Murray 

National  Portrait   Gallery 

Indian  Portrait  Gallery  in  sheets  10  Nos. 

Plutarch's   Lives    

Ruter's    Gregory    

Sparks'  Morris   

Tucker's   Jefferson    

Van  Ness'  Bonaparte 

Wheaton's  Life  of  Pinckney 

Wirt's  Life  of  Patrick  Henry 

AVraxhall's  Own  Times 

EDUCATION. 

Vols 

American   Education    

Barrow's   Essays   on   Education 

Caldwell  on   Education 

Combe    

Edgeworth    

Fireside    Education 


KDUCATiox— Contiuued. 

Vols. 

Genlis   on   Education 2 

Hamilton's  Letters  on   Education 2 

Home  Education    

Hannah  More's  Strictures  on  Education 

Journal   of    Education 

Lancasterian    System   of   Education 

Locke  on  Education 

Manual  of  British  School  Society 

Monitorial  Instruction   

Progressive    Education    

Spurzheim   on   Education 

Systematic   Education    2 

HISTORY. 

Vols. 

Abbe   Raynal's    Indies 3 

Andrews'    History    of   the    Wars    of   Great    Britain    with    Spain, 

France  and  the  United  States 4 

Atwater's  History  of  Ohio 1 

Bancroft's  History  of  the  United  States 2 

Baylie's   History   of   Plymouth 2 

Belknap's  History  of  New  Hampshire 3 

Belsham's   History   of  Great  Britain 12 

Bozman's  History  of  Maryland 2 

Bradford's  History  of  Massachusetts 2 

Caryle's  History  of  French  Revolution 2 

Clarendon's  History  of  the  Rebellion 6 

Ferguson's  History   of   Rome 1 

Gibbon's  History  of  England 4 

Gillies'   History  of  Greece 1 

Hallam's  Middle  Ages 1 

History  of  English  Parliament  to  Charles  II 24 

History   of   Harvard   College 1 

History  of  the  House  of  Lords,  1666  to  1742 8 

History  of  New  Jersey 1 

Holmes'  American   Annals 2 

Hume,  Smollett  and  Miller's  England 4 

Josephus     2 

Lieber's    America    1 

Lingard's   England    7 

Marbois'  History  of  Louisiana 1 

Marshall's  History  of  Kentucky 2 

Martin's  History  of  Carolina 1 

Mcintosh's  History  of  England 1 


HisTOUY— Continued. 

Vols. 

Mcintosh's  History  of  Revolution,  1688 1 

Minot's  History  of  Massachusetts 2 

Morse's    American    Revolution 1 

Murphy's  Tacitus    1 

Niles'    American    Revolution 1 

Priestley's  Lectures  on  History 2 

Prescott's  Ferdinand  and  Isabella 3 

Proud's  History  of  Pennsylvania 2 

Raumer's  History   of   England 1 

Robertson's    Histories    3 

Rollin's    Ancient   History 2 

Russell  and  Jones'  Modern  Europe ::! 

Smith's  History  of  New  York 1 

Williams  History  of  Vermont 2 

Williamson's  History  of  Maine 2 

Winthrop's  History   of  New   England 2 

.JURISPRUDEXCE. 

Vols. 

American  Common  Law 8 

American  Constitution  1 

Angell  and  Ames  on  Corporations 1 

Bacon's  Abridgement   8 

Beck's    Medical    Jurisprudence 2 

Celebrated  Trials  1 

Civil  Code  of  Louisiana =  1 

Chitty's    Blackstone    2 

Chitty  on  Bills 1 

Chitty  on  Criminal  Law ?» 

Chitty's   Medical   Jurisprudence 1 

Chitty's  Pleadings   3 

Chitty's  Practice    3 

Code  Napoleon    2 

Digest  of  Commercial  Regulations  of  Foreign  Countries 3 

Domat's  Civil  Law 2 

English  State  Trials 6 

Equity  Digest   3 

Gordon's  Digest    1 

Harris'   Modern    Entries 2 

Harrison's   Digest    3 

Hilliard's  American  Law 1 

Johnson's  Digest    2 

Jones  on  Bailments 1 

Kent's  Commentaries   4 


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JURISPRUDENCE— Continued. 

Vols. 

Livingston's  Code    1 

Livingston's  Criminal  Code 1 

Petersdorff' s   Abridgement    15 

Philips  on  Insurance 2 

Powell  on  Mortgages 3 

Preston  on  Estates ^ 1 

Preston  on  Titles 2 

Puffendorf   1 

Rawle  on  the  Constitution 1 

Reeve's  Domestic  Relations 1 

Sergeant  on  Constitutional  Law 1 

Shepherd's  Touchstone 3 

Stevens  and  Benecke  on  Insurance 1 

Story's  Equity  Jurisprudence 2 

Story's  Equity  Pleadings 1 

Story's  Commentaries  3 

Story  on  Bailments 1 

Sugden   on   Vendors 1 

Toller  on  Executions 1 

Tomlin's  Law  Dictionary 3 

Trial   of  Judge   Peck 1 

Walker's    American    Law , 1 

Vattel's  Law  of  Nations 1 

EEPOKTS. 

Vols. 

English : 

Condensed  Eng.   Chan.   Reports 10 

English  Common  Law  Reports 31 

English  Ecclesiastical  Reports 5 

Exchequer  Reports    6 

Petersdorff's  Reports 15 

Vesey's    Chan.    Reports 20 

Vesey  and  Beame's  Reports 2 

Supplement  to  Vesey  and  Beame's  Reports  (by  Hovenden)..  2 

U.  S.  Rep.: 

Baldwin's    Reports    1 

Brockenborough's  Reports    2 

Cranch's  Reports   9 

Gilpin's    Reports    1 

Mason's  Reports  5 

Paine's  Reports 1 

Peters'  Circuit  Court  Reports 1 

Sumner's  Reports    2 


—65- 

REPORTS— Continued. 

Vols 

Wallace's  Reports    1 

Washington's  Circuit   Court  Reports 4 

Wheaton's  Reports    12 

Massachusetts: 

Massachusetts  Reports   17 

Pickering's  Reports  16 

New  York: 

Cowen's   Reports    9 

Hall's   Reports    2 

Johnson's  Reports   20 

Johnson's  Chan.  Reports 7 

Johnson's  Cases  in  Chancery 3 

Paige's  Chan.  Reports ■  6 

Pennsylvania: 

Binney's  Reports   4 

Dallas'   Reports    4 

Penrose  and  Watts'  Reports 3 

Rawle's    Reports    5 

Sergeant  &  Rawle's  Reports 17 

Watts'  Reports   6 

Wharton's   Reports    3 

Yates'   Reports    4 

Maryland: 

Gill  &  Johnson's  Reports 10 

Harris  &  Johnson's  Reports 7 

Harris  &  McHenry's  Reports ' . .  .  4 

Harris  &  Gill's  Reports 2 

Virginia: 

Randolph's  Reports  4 

Missouri: 

Fourth  Volume  of  Missouri  Reports. 

Ohio: 

Ohio  Supreme  Court  Reports 1 

LAWS. 

Vols. 
United  States: 

Laws  of  the  United  States 9 

Laws  of  the  United  States  by  Story 4 

Laws  Relating  to  Public  Lands 1 

Laws,   Instructions    and   Opinions 2 

Indian  Laws    1 

Treaties     1 


LAWS — Continued. 

Vols. 
Pamphlet  Laws— Continued. 
State  Laws: 

Chase's   Statutes  of  Ohio 3 

Statute  Laws  of  Tennessee 

Acts  of  Tennessee,  1837-8 

General  and  Local  Laws  of  Ohio 

Revised   Statutes  of  Indiana,   1838 

Revised  Statutes  of  Michigan 

Laws  of  Kentucky,   1838-9 

Laws   of  Missouri 

Laws  of  Mississippi 

Laws  of  Illinois,  1838-9. 

Statutes  of  Wisconsin. 

Laws  of  Iowa. 

Journals  of  each  Provincial  Congress  of  Massachusetts 

Index  to  Laws  and  Resolutions  of  Maryland 

Pamphlet  Laws: 

Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  1838-9 

Private  and  Special  Laws  of  the  State  of  Maine 

Laws  of  New  Hampshire,  1838 

Acts  of  New  Jersey,  1839 , 

Acts  and  Resolves  of  Massachusetts,  1839 

Laws  of  Indiana,  1839 , 

Resolves  of  State  of  Maine,  1838 

Laws  of  Wisconsin,    1837-8 

Journal  H.  R.  of  Wisconsin,  1836 

Laws  of  Pennsylvania,  1837-8 

Laws  of  Maryland,  1838 


JIEDICIXE. 

Vols. 

Bell   on   the   Nerves 1 

Bertin  on   the  Heart 1 

Broussaias  Chronic  Phlegmasiae 2 

Cooper's    Surgical    Dictionary 1 

Dewees  on  Female 1 

Dewees   on   Midwifery 1 

Dewees   on   Practice 1 

Dunglison's  Elements  of  Hygiene 1 

Dunglison's  Physiology    2 

Dunglison's  Therapeutics 1 

Eberle's  Notes   1 

Ewell's    Medical    Companion 1 

Gregory's    Practice    2 


MEDICINE— Continued. 

Vols, 


Hall  on  the  Blood 

Hennin's  Military  Surgery 

Hooper's  Medical  Dictionary 

Kramer  on  Diseases  of  the  Ear 

McCullough    on    Fevers 

Morton's  Illustrations  of  Consumption. 

Oliver's  Physiology   

Parr's  Medical  Dictionary 

Parson's  Anatomical  Preparations 

Paxton's    Anatomy    

Ray's  Medical  Jurisprudence,  Insanity 

Rush  on  the  Mind 

Rush  on  the  Voice 

Smith  on  Fever 

Smith  on  the  Arteries 

"Wood  and  Bache's  U.  S.  Dispensatory. 


JIISCELLANEOUS. 

Vols. 

Bentham's    Chrestomathia    2 

Bentham's  Rationale  of  Reward 1 

British  Cattle    1 

Bucke  on  the  Beauties,  etc.,  of  Nature 3 

Burton's  Anatomy  of  Melancholy 2 

Crabbe's  Synonimes 1 

Fisheries  of  the  Mississippi 1 

Johnson  on  Language 1 

Manual  of  Classical  Literature 1 

Parent's  Friend    2 

Picket's  Academician    1 

Piozzi's  Synonomy  1 

Rowlet's  Interest  Tables 1 

Stockdale's   Inquisition    , .  .  1 

Story's   Miscellaneous   Writings 1 

Thatcher's   Military   Journal 1 

Turkish   Spy    8 

Ward's   Errata    1 

Webster's   Dictionary    ( Quarto ) 2 

Webster's  Dissertation  1 

Works  of  Addison 3 

Works  of  Bacon   (  Lord ) 2 

Works  of  Franklin 7 

Works  of  Franklin,  Benj 2 

Works  of  Jay 3 


MISCELLANEOUS— Continued. 

Vols. 

Works  of  Johnson,  Samuel 2 

Works  of  Moore,  Thomas 1 

Works  of  More,  Hannah 7 

Works  of  Montague,  Lady 2 

Works  of  Paley ■'■ 

Works  of  Reid,  Thomas ■-• 

Works  of  Scott,  Walter , 47 

Works  of  Sherwood,  Mrs lo 

Works  of  Stewart 7 

Works  of  Washington 12 

Zimmerman  on  Solitude 1 

PERIODICAL. 

Vols. 

American  Almanacs    9 

American  Review    4 

American   Quarterly  Review 22 

Annals   of   Education 8 

Democratic  Review   1 

Edinburgh   Review    62 

Nile's  Register  (old  series) 51- 

Nile's  Register   (new  series) 7 

North   American   Review 47 

Magazines     10 

Quarterly  Review   51 

Reviews    8 

Silliman's  Journal  of  Science 34 

Western  Christian  Advocate 3 

POLITICAL,    ETC. 

Vols. 

Adams'  Defense  of  the  Constitution 3 

American    Constitutions 1 

American  Archives   4 

American  State  Papers 21 

British  Cicero  3 

Census,   1830    , 1 

Congressional  Debates   11 

Contested  Elections  to  1834 1 

Debates  on  the  Judiciary 1 

De  Tocqueville  Democracy  in  America 1 

Debates  in  Congress    (old  series) 2 

Diplomatic   Correspondence    7 

Diplomatic  Correspondence  by  Sparks 12 

Eloquence  of  the  United  States 5 


PERIODICAL— Continued . 

Vols. 

English  Parlimentary  Debates 21 

English   Parliamentary  History 24 

House  (of  Rep.)  Journal,  1789  to  1815 9 

Journal  of  Old  Congress,  1774  to  1788 4 

Malthus  on  Population 2 

Maryland  Convention,  1774  to  1776 1 

Mcculloch's  Statistics 2 

Pitkin's  Political  and  Civil  History  of  the  U.  S 2 

Raymond's  Political  Economy 2 

Reports  on  Finance 2 

Senate  Journal   5 

Say's  Political  Economy 1 

Secret  Debates,  1787 1 

Seybert's  Statistics 1 

Secret  Journals  of  Congress,  1775  to  1788 4 

Tracy's  Political  Economy 1 

The  Federalist    1 

Warden's  Consular  Establishments 1 

Webster's  Speeches   2 

Windham  and  Huskisson 1 

Woodfall's  Junius    2 

POETRY. 

Vols. 

Akenside,  Cooper  and  Thompson 1 

Addison   " 

Barlow's  Columbiad    ^ 

Beattie,   Scott,   Cunningham,   Jenkyns 1 

British  Poets  ^"^ 


Burns  -^ 

Burns  and  Macneill ^ 

Butler    2, 

Cary's  Dante   

Chaucer  ^ 

Churchill,  Falconer,  Grainger 1 

Cowley  ^ 

Cowper,  Blackstone,  Porteus 1 

Davis   ^ 

Drummond   

Dryden    ^ 

Gay  1 

Goldsmith   1 

Goldsmith,  Langhorne,  Smart 1 

Glover,  Smollet ^ 

Gray,  Chatterton,  Harte 1 


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POETRY — Continued. 


Vols. 


Hunt    

Hunt's    Tasso    

Johnson,  Armstrong,  Shaw,  littleton,  Boyse. 

Jones,    Blacklock,    Cotton 

Mickle,  J.  Wharton,  T.  Wharton 

Mickle's  version  of  the  Lusiad 

Milton    

Mitchel's  Aristophanes 

Mitchell,  Colman,  Gifford 

Parnell    


Pope  

Pope,  Blair,  Pitt. 
Potter,  Franklin 
Prior    


Scott's   Poetical   Works. 

Savage,    Dyer    

Shenstone,  Cawthorn   . , 
Shakespeare,  Johnson  . , 

Spencer   , 

Swift    


Tickell  

Thompson     

Watts  

Young,   Dodsley, 


Mallett.  Ramsey 2 


SCIEXCE,   ETC. 

Vols. 

Adam's  Lectures  on  Rhetoric 2 

Arnott's  Physics 2 

Bigelow's    Technology    1 

Brown's   Pliilosophy 2 

Campbell's  Philosophy  of  Rhetoric 

Combe's  Phrenology    

Darby's  Gazetteer 

Day's  Algebra  

Dictionary  of  Architecture 

Eaton's  Manual  of  Botany 

Eastman's   Topography    

Faraday's  Chemical  Manipulations 

Flint's  Geography    

Good's  Book  of  Nature 

Goldsmith's  Animated  Nature 

Henry's  Chemistry 2 

Kames  Elements  of  Criticism 1 


—71— 

SCIENCE,  etjC.— Continued. 

Vols 

Locke  on  the  Human  Understanding 

Memoirs  of  tlie  American  Academy 

M'Intosh's   Ethical   Philosophy 

New  York  Gazetteer 

Paley's  Works 

Pambour  on  Locomotives 

Priestley's  Lectures 

Rees  Cyclopedia  4 

Stewart's  Works    

Stewart's  Dictionary  of  Architecture 

Upham's  Philosophy   

Wiseman's  Lectures    

THEOLOGICAL. 

Vo 

Blair's  Sermons   

Brown's  Bible  Dictionary 

Burnett's  Reformation   

Catechism  of  Council  of  Trent 

Clarke's   Commentaries    

Clarke's  Theology    

Cobbett's  History  of  Reformation 

Cruden's   Concordance    

Discipline  Methodist  

Doddridge's  Family   Expositor 

End  of  Controversy 

Fletcher's  Sermons  (Roman  Catholic) 

Fletcher's    Works    

Gerard's  Biblical  Institutes 

Hervey's  Meditations   

Holy  Bible   

Holy  Living  and  Dying 

Home's  Introduction    

Minutes    of    Conference 

M'Knight  on  the  Epistles 

Mosheim's  Church  History 

Robinson's  Calmet 

Sale's  Koran    

Saurin's   Sermons    

Southey's    Pilgrim's    Progress 

Theological   Institute    

Watson's  Sermons   

Watson's  Dictionary   

Wesley's  Works    

Wesley's  Notes   


VOYAGES    AND    TRAVELS. 

Vols. 


Cook's  Voj'ages  

Fisk's  Travels 

Heckwelder's    Narrative    

Hoare's  Classical  Tour . 

Lamartine's -Pilgrimage  to  Holy  Land. 

Long's  Expedition  

Parry's  Voyage  to  the  Polar  Seas 

Robert's  Embassy  to  China 

Reynold's   Voyage    

Rushenberger's    Voyage     


Manuscript  map  of  Wisconsin  and  Iowa. 

Engraved  map  of  Wisconsin  and  Iowa. 

Map  of  Iowa. 

Manuscript  Map  of  the  separate  surveyed  Townships  of  Iowa,  sec- 

tionized   (very  valuable),  2  volumes. 
Illustrated  Atlas  of  the  United  States  and  adjacent  countries,  one 

volume. 
Map  of  the  World. 
Map  of  Europe. 
Map  of  North  America. 
Map  of  United  States. 
Map  of  New  England  States. 
Map  of  Michigan. 
Map  of  Indiana. 
Map  of  Illinois. 
Map  of  Kentucky. 
Map  of  New  York. 
Map  of  .North  Carolina. 
Map  of  Ohio. 
Map  of  Virginia. 

Map  of  Missouri,  Illinois  and  Arkansas  Territories. 
Map  of  Florida. 

Map  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia. 
Map  of  the  City  of  Cincinnati. 
Map  of  the  City  of  Nashville. 
Map  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans. 
Map  of  the  City  of  Logansport. 
Mail  Routes. 


—73— 

[B] 

LIBRARIAN  RENOS   FIRST   ANNUAL   REPORT,   1840. 

Librarian's  Office,  Iowa  Territory, 
Burlington,  November  5,  1840. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Territory  of  Iowa: 

Gentlemen,  doubtless  you  are  all  convinced  that  well  selected 
libraries  conduce  greatly  to  the  stability  and  force  of  a  nation  and 
that  general  information  is  the  very  fountain  from  which  repub- 
lican principles  eminate. 

The  present  library  is  comparatively  small,  the  selection  made 
by  his  excellency.  Gov.  Lucas,  is  chaste  and  circumspect,  a  more 
appropriate  selection  with  the  same  amount  of  funds  could  not  well 
have  been  made.  All  that  remains  to  be  performed  in  order  lu 
render  its  importance  progressive  in  a  ratio  with  the  advance  of 
population,  is  the  appropriation  of  a  small  sum  annually  to  be  ex- 
pended in  purchasing  such  books  as  will  be  of  importance  to  you 
as  the  law  givers  of  a  free  people  and  such  as  will  benefit  the  citi- 
zens generally.  It  would  be  superfluous  for  me  to  go  into  detail  in 
order  to  inform  you  that  there  are  many  books  of  importance  wanted, 
as  the  amount  of  funds  expended  must  convince  you  that  many 
standard  works  are  wanted. 

Very  respectfully, 

M.   RENO, 
Librarian. 

[C] 

LIBRARIAN  RENO'S   SECOND  ANNUAL  REPORT. 

Librarian's  Office,  Iowa  Territory, 
December  15,  1841. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Legislative  Assembly: 

Gentlemen: — I  am  happy  to  inform  you,  that  the  Territorial  Li- 
brary is  now  arranged  and  in  good  order  in  this  city.  By  care  and 
attention  in  packing,  the  books  have  arrived  here  uninjured. 

The  report  made  by  the  committee  on  library  at  the  last  session, 
was  by  some  cause  or  other  defeated  in  the  lower  house.  Its  failure 
no  one  regretted  more  than  myself,  as  I  well  knew  the  value  of  said 
report  had  it  passed  both  houses;  I  was  convinced  that  it  contained 
no  works  but  what  were  highly  necessary. 

It  is  adverse  to  my  feelings  to  state  to  you  that  no  addition  has 
been  made  to  the  library  since  its  purchase,  which  leaves  it  far  in 
the  rear  of  the  literary  world.  We  do  not  even  take  the  standard 
statistical  works,  or  the  highly  approved  reviews  now  being  pub- 
lished. 


From  a  reference  to  the  report  referred  to,  it  will  be  obvious  to 
the  most  unthinking  mind,  that  many  of  the  most  essential  standard 
works  are  not  in  the  library,  and  more  especially  those  books  con- 
taining the  exposition  of  principles. 

I  am  unable  to  concieve  how  a  small  amount  of  funds  could  be 
otherwise  more  judiciously  appropriated,  than  in  the  purchase  of 
that,  which  gives  tone  and  stability  to  society;  wisdom  and  force 
to  legislation;  peace  and  quietness  to  domestic  regulations,  and 
character  to  a  free  people. 

Feeling  sensibly  the  dishonor  of  any  suggestions,  in  the  lower 
house  last  session,  I  am  unwilling  to  urge  this  subject  much  further, 
lest  I  may  be  by  some  thought  obtrusive  and  irksome  in  my  en- 
treaties. But  I  would  once  more  intrude  a  suggestion,  I  am  desirous 
of  having  this  library  not  only  a  name,  but  a  substance.  We  soon 
expect  to  emerge  from  the  condition  of  an  infantine  dependant  of 
the  general  government,  to  a  star  of  the  first  magnitude,  in  the 
glorious  constellation  of  American  states. 

With  high  respect,  I  am. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

MORGAN  RENO, 

Librarian. 
[D] 

PINAL  REPORT   OF  LIBRARIAN  RENO,   1845. 

Library,  June  4,  1845. 
To  the  Honorable  the  President  of  the  Council: 

Sir: — In  compliance  with  a  resolution  of  the  honorable  body  over 
which  you  preside,  "calling  upon  the  librarian  for  information  rela- 
tive to  lost  books,  etc.,"  I  make  the  following  statement: 

When  I  took  charge  of  the  library  the  following  books  were  not 
to  be  found,  viz.,  Dewees  on  Females,  Dewees  Midwifery.  Dewees 
Practice,  Dunglison's  Elements  of  Hygiene,  Franklin's  Works,  1st 
vol.,  Adams  Defence  of  the  Constitution  in  3  vols,  Arherican  Con- 
stitution, and  as  no  evidence  was  left  in  the  library  by  which  to  trace 
the  same,  none  of  them  have  been  found  and  it  is  feared  none  will  be. 

Judge  Wilson  receipted  for  Tomlins  Law  Dictionary,  1st  vol.,  with- 
out returning  the  same.  His  Honor  informed  me  that  the  book  was 
taken  from  his  room,  and  as  he  supposed  to  be  returned  to  the 
library.     He  assured  me  that  it  should  be  replaced. 

Those  are  the  only  books  I  find  absent,  excepting  those  now  in 
the  possession  of  members  of  the  legislative  assembly. 

I  am  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

M.  RENO, 
Librarian. 


[E] 

FIRST     QUARTERLY     REPORT     OF     THE     FIRST     STATE     LI- 
BRARIAN,  AND   THE   ITEMS    OF   LATER   REPORTS. 

Iowa  City,  February  24,  1848. 

To  the  Honorable  Jos.  T.  Fales,  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts: 

Sir: — In  compliance  witli  the  14th  section  of  an  act  to  provide  for 

the  management  of  the  State  Library,  I  transmit  to  you  a  report  of 

the  Incidental  expenses  of  the  state  Library  for  the  fourth  quarter 

ending  February  24th,  1848. 

Candles    i?    1.25 

To   dusting   Broom 2.5 

To   sponge    for   cleaning   shelves 121/2 

Coarse  Matress  . , I214 

Paid  Camphere  for  helping  to  take  down  stove  pipe..       .25 

Sand   and    Wafers 25 

Laying  hearth  &  fixing  stove 50 

Paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood 1.00 

Paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood 2.00 

Gum  and  Brush  for  pasting 37 

Paid  G.  Pale  for  printing  labels  for  Books 1.50 

Binding  of  Books , 5.25 

Amounting  in  all  to $12.50 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

(Signed)     L.  B.  PATTERSON, 

State  Librarian. 

MAY  24th,  1848. 

Paid  to  James  MacKintosh  for  binding  books ?    6.25 

For   Candles    65 

Cash  Paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood 2.00 

Postage  on  pamphlet 05 

Total    3    8.95 

AUGUST  24th,  1848. 

For  Paper $      .50 

For   Candles    50 

For  Matches    50 

One  Years  subscription  to  "Niles  Register" 5.00 

Postage  on  two  Letters  to  Ed.  of  Register 20 

Total    ?    6.70 


>;ovEMBER  24th,  184S. 

Postage  on  Pamphlets ?  .30 

Candles    I.O614 

Labelling  the  Law  Books 3.00 

One-half  Ream  of  letter  paper 1.75 


$  6.111,4 


FEBRUARY    24tH,    1849. 

One  Box  of  candles $    7.42 

Candles    25 

Drilling  for  awning  for  window 1.00 

One  bunch  of  quills 50 

Postage  on  Register  for  1848 75 

Total    $    9.92 

Cutting  wood  Paid  Camphere 5.50 


$15.42 


MAY  24th,  1849. 

Cash  paid  Hanly  for  wood $      2.00 

Cash  paid  Subscription  to  Niles  Register 5.00 

Cash  paid  Postage  to  Ed.  of  Register 10 

Cash  paid  Cutting  wood  &c 8.00 

Cash  paid  R.    Spalding,    stationery 10.00 

$25.10 
Cash  paid  Camfere   cutting   wood 10.00 

$35.10 

AUGU.ST  24th,  1849. 

Cash  paid  for  removing  Library   $  4.00 

Cash  paid  for  Quills     3.50 

Cash  paid  for  Moving    1.00 

$    8.50 

NOVEMBER  24th,  1849. 

Cash  Paid  on  Box  of  Books $    2.50 

Cash  Paid  P.   H.   Patterson   for   wood 20.00 

Cash  Paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood 9.00 

$31.50 


FEBRUARY    24tH.     1850. 

Cash  paid  Postage   on   Register $      .60 

Cash  paid  Redhead   for  shelves 4.8114 

Cash  paid  for  Tacks  for  carpet 20 

Cash  paid  for  Carpeting  &  desk  cover 10.85 

Cash  paid  for  Stove  pipe    9.08 

$  25.541/4 
5JAY  24th,   1850. 

Cash  paid  for  painting   shelves $    2.50 

Cash  paid  Hart  for  fixing  pipe 70 

Cash  paid  Subscription    to    Register 5.00 

Cash  Paid  Brooms     70 

Cash  paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood,  &c 4.00 

Cash  Paid  Postage  on  Pamphlet 05 

Cash  Paid  Tin  to  put  under  Stove    2.00 

Cash  Paid  Candles  &  fixing  Stove  door 87i/^ 

Cash  paid  Camphere  for  cutting  wood 3.75 

$19,571/0 
AUGUST  24th,   1850. 

Cash  Paid  for  Paper $  .75 

Cash  Paid  for  Envelopes    .75 

Cash  Paid  for  Candles   &    Matches 1.35 

Cash  Paid  for  Ink  &  Pen  holders 40 

Cash  Paid  Peter  Jackson,  Freight  on  Books 2.00 

Cash  Paid  Midleton,    Freight    Books 1.62i^ 

Cash  Paid  Cutting    wood 2.00 

$    8.871/2 
NOVEMBER   24th,    1850. 

Cash  Paid  Mcintosh   for   Binding ?    5.75 

Cash  Paid  Anson  Hart  for  fixing  pipe 1.50 

Cash  Paid  Bonney,   freight   on   Box 2.50 


$    9.75 
[F] 

LIBRARIAN  PATTERSON'S  FINAL  REPORT. 
1849-50. 

Iowa  City,  Jan.  9th,  1851. 
Gentlemen  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives: 

In  compliance  with  the  13th  and  14th  sections  of  an  Act  entitled 
"An  Act  to  provide  for  the  management  of  the  State  Library  and 
the  election  of  a  Librarian,"  I  submit  to  you  the  following  state- 


ment  of  facts  required  to  be  brought  to  your  notice;  together 
with  a  statement  of  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  same  for  the 
j^ears  1849  and  1850 — with  an  exception  of  the  last  quarter,  which 
does  not  expire  until  the  24th  of  February  next. 

The  number  of  volumes  in  the  State  Library  is  about  1670;  be- 
sides a  number  of  books  in  pamphlet  form,  Journals,  Reports,  &c; 
about  one-third  of  the  books  are  law  books,  the  remainder  consist 
of  Statutes  of  the  different  States  and  Miscellaneous  works,  Ameri- 
can state  papers,  Congressional  Documents,  &c. 

There  has  never  been  an  appropriation  for  the  increase  of  the 
Library,  consequently  the  only  increase  (which  is  very  small) 
arises  from  an  exchange  of  books  between  the  States;  and  some 
books  sent  by  Congress — being  laws  of  the  United  States,  Journals, 
&c. 

I  rec'd  last  summer  from  the  department  of  State  a  very  fine  copy 
of  Wilkes  Exploring  Expedition,"  consisting  of  ten  volumes  got 
up  in  the  best  style.  With  this  exception  the  library  is  entirely 
destitute  of  late  works  that  have  been  issuing  from  the  press  for  the 
last  ten  years  past;  the  library  was  purchased  in  1839  and  up  to 
this  time  the  state  has  not  made  any  addition  to  it.  The  books 
composing  the  library  are  mostly  broken  sets  that  want  the  filling 
up  to  make  them  useful;  especially  is  it  the  case  with  the  law  re- 
ports, the  sets  of  which  need  completing  in  order  to  derive  advantage 
from  those  we  have. 

I  would  respectfully  suggest  to  your  consideration  the  propriety 
of  making  a  small  appropriation  for  the  increase  of  the  library.  A 
small  appropriation,  of  say  1,000  dollars  would  make  it  respectable 
and  an  honour  and  ornament  to  the  state:  such  appropriation  with 
a  small  yearly  appropriation  of  two  hundred  dollars  would  keep  it 
up  with  the  progress  of  the  age. 

The  Library  is  greatly  in  want  of  some  good  new  maps  as  there 
is  not  a  decent  map  belonging  to  the  state.  There  has  not  been 
any  books  lost  since  the  meeting  of  the  last  legislature. 

The  following  is  a  correct  statement  of  the  contingent  expenses 
of  the  Library  for  the  years  1849  and  1850: 

For  wood,  candles,  stationery,  fixing  of  shelves,  moving,  freight 
on  Boxes,  Painting,  Carpet,  Stove  Pipe,  &c,  &c.,  $138.83. 

The  last  quarter  ending  on  the  24th  of  February,  A.  D.  1851,  is 
not  included  in  the  above. 

All  of  which   is  respectfully  submitted. 

(Signed)  LEMUEL  B.  PATTERSON, 

State  Librarian. 


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[G] 

LIBRARIAN    J.    P.    COULTER'S    REPORT,    1859. 
1858-59. 

Iowa  State  Library, 
Des  Moines,  December  12th,  1859. 

To   His    Excellency,   Ralph    P.   Lowe, 
Governor  of  Iowa. 

Sir: — In  accordance  with  section  453  of  The  Code,  I  herewith 
transmit  to  you  a  report  on  the  condition  of  the  State  Library 
and  other  matters  pertinent  thereto.  The  Law  Department  of  the 
Library  has  been  the  subject  of  much  complaint  from  the  Judges 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  the  Members  of  the  Bar  practicing  there- 
in, for  the  reason  that  many  of  the  Reports  of  the  different  States 
are  not  to  be  found,  which  renders  it  almost  impossible  for  them 
to  trace  up  their  authorities  on  important  points  of  law.  The 
necessity  for  a  complete  Law  Library  becomes  more  and  more  ap- 
parent every  year  as  will  be  seen  by  the  steady  increase  of  the  busi- 
ness of  our  Courts  throughout  the  State,  and  in  which  a  large 
proportion  of  the  citizens  of  the  State  are  interested.  The  filling 
up  of  this  portion  of  the  Library  will  very  much  lighten  the  labors 
of  the  judiciary,  and  it  is  the  wish  of  many  frequently  expressed 
that  this  General  Assembly  will  adopt  some  measures  to  complete 
as  far  as  can  be  this  department  of  the  Library  by  obtaining  the 
Reports  of  Law  and  Equity  required  to  fill  up  the  broken  sets,  those 
of  but  two  States  being  complete.  There  is  a  large  number  of  books 
received  from  time  to  time  that  are  sent  in  pamphlet  form  which 
should  be  bound  that  they  may  be  the  better  preserved.  One  book 
in  particular  I  would  call  your  attention  to  which  unless  it  passes 
through  the  binder's  hands  will  soon  be  numbered  among  the  things 
that  were:  "The  History  of  the  Indian  Tribes  of  North  America," 
a  large  volume  containing  portraits  and  biographies  of  Celebrated  In- 
dian Chiefs  who  formerly  had  their  hunting  ground  on  our  vast  and 
fertile  prairies,  but  are  now  gathered  to  their  fathers,  and  forming 
a  link  in  the  history  of  Iowa  which  should  be  carefully  preserved. 
I  would  respectfully  suggest  that  an  amount  sufficient  to  have  the 
same  substantially  bound  be  appropriated. 

The  number  of  volumes  now  in  the  Library  is  5855,  of  this  number 
there  are  about  150  volumes  subject  to  the  selection  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Education  for  the  library  of  the  State  University 
as  per  Joint  Resolution  No.  6,  approved  March  22nd,  1858. 


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The   following  books   are   missing,   having  been   lost   previous   to 

the  removal  of  the  Library  from  Iowa  City: 
Works   of  Josephus,   2   Vols. 
Motley's  Dutch  Republic,  Vols.  2  and  3. 
Benton's  Thirty  Years  View,  Vol.  1. 
Jones  on  Bailments. 
Curtis  on  Patents. 

Barbours  N.  Y.  S.  C.  Reports,  Vols.  8,  9  and  10. 
There    has   been   received    during   the   last   two   years    from   the 

several  States,  Societies  and  Individuals  as  donations  or  exchanges 

the  following:     From  the  United  States: 

U.   S.  Exploring  Expedition,  Vols.  8  and  20 2 

U.  S.  Exploring  Expedition  Atlas  to  Vols.  2,  8,  15  and  20.   .4 

Executive  Documents  to  33rd  &  34th  Congress 46 

Senate  Documents  to  33rd  &  34th  Congress 46 

House  Journals  to  33rd  &  34th  Congress 9 

Report  of  Coast  Survey  185-5-56  and  57 4 

U.  S.  Statutes  at  Large  1858  and  59    (unbound) 131 

U.   S.   Statutes  at  Large,  Vol.  II    (bound) 1 

Maine: 

Acts  and  Resolves,   1858-1859,  2  copies  each 4 

Revised  Statutes,  1857,  3  copies 3 

Maine  Reports,  Vols.   41,   42,   43,   44 4 

Virgins'  Digest  of  Maine  Reports 1 

Vols. 
New  Hampshire: 

New  Hampshire  Reports,  Vols.  33,  34,  35,  36  and  37 5 

Bells'  Digest  to  same 1 

Laws    of    June    sessions,    1858,    1859 4 

Journals  of  the  Senate  &  House  of  Rs.  1858 2 

Transactions  State  Agricultural  Society,  1857 2 

12  Annual  Report  on  Common  Schools 1 

Vermont: 

Catalogue   of   State   Library 1 

History  of  Eastern  Vermont  by  Hall 1 

Laws  of  1857  and  1858 2 

House  Journals  1857  and  1858 2 

Senate  Journals  1857  and  1858 2 

Vermont  Reports,  Vols.  29  and  30 2 

1st  Registration  Report,   1857 1 

Reports  of  Auditor  of  Accounts,  1858  and  1859 2 

Reports  of  R.  R.  Commissioner,  1858  and  1859 2 

And  other  'Miscellaneous  Reports,  &c 11 


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Vols. 

Massachusetts: 

Catalogue  of  State  Library 1 

Hitchcock  Ichnology  of  Massachusetts 1 

Plymouth  Colony  Records,  Vols.  1  to  9 9 

Gray's  Reports,  Vols.  5  and  6 2 

Acts  and   Resolves,   1859 2 

Public  Documents,  1859,  2  vols 2 

Connecticut: 

Colonial    Records,    1678-1689 1 

Connecticut  Reports,  Vols.  25  and  26 2 

Public  Acts,  1858  and  1859,  3  each 6 

Private  Acts  and  Resolutions,  1859 3 

Senate  Journals,  1858  and  1859 2 

House  Journals,   1858 1 

Reports  to  the  General  Assembly,  1858  and  1859 2 

Report  of  School  Fund  Commr 1 

Rhode  Island: 

Colonial    Records,    1707-1740 1 

Census  of  Rhode  Island  Colony,  1774 1 

Acts  and  Resolves,  1858  and  1859 2 

Public  Laws,  1855-57 2 

Supplement   to   Revised    Statutes 3 

Rhode  Island  Reports,  Vols.  4  and  5 2 

New  York: 

Assembly  Journals,  1857,  1858  and  1859 3 

Senate  Journals,   1857,   1858  and   1859 3 

Assembly  Documents,  1857,  5  vols.,  1858,  6  vols 11 

Senate  Documents,  1857,  4  vols.,  and  1858,  3  vols 7 

Laws  of  1858  and  1859,  3  each 6 

Catalogue  of  Bibliography  State  Library 1 

Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  S.  Library 1 

71st  Report  of  the  Regents  S.  University 1 

Report  of  State  Engineer  on  the  Railroads 1 

Report  on  the  condition  of  Cabinet  of  Nat.  History 1 

Census  of  New  York,  1855 1 

Documents    Relating   to   the   Colonial   History   of   N.    Y., 

Vols.  9,  10  and  11 3 

Barbour's  Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  25,  26,  27  and  28.   .4 

Kennan's  Reports,  Court  of  Appeals,  Vols.  4 1 

Smith's  Reports,  Court  of  Appeals,  Vols.  2,  3  and  4 3 

Parkers  Criminal  Reports,  Vol.   3 1 

Message   of  the   Governor,   1859 , 1 


-82- 

Vols. 

New  Jersey: 

Butcher's  Reports,  Vol.   2 1 

Stockton's  Chancery  Reports,  Vol.  2 1 

Laws  of  N.  J.,  1858  and  1859 2 

Pennsylvania: 

Catalogue   State   Library 1 

Casey's   Pennsylvania  State  Reports,   Vols.    5   to  9 5 

Laws  of  1858  and  1859 

Delaware : 

Laws    of    1859 1 

Maryland: 

Maryland  Reports,  Vols.  10,  11,  12  and  13 4 

Laws  of  1858 1 

House  Journal  and  Documents,  1858 1 

'  Senate  Journal  and  Documents,  1858 1 

Virginia: 

Laws   of   1857-8 1 

Documents  1857-8,  5  vols 5 

Journal  of  House  of  Delegates.  1857-8 1 

Grafton's  Reports,  Vol.  14 1 

North    Carolina: 

Jones  Law  Reports,  Vol.  5,  Same  Equity  Vol.  3 2 

South  Carolina: 

Acts   and   Resolves,   1857 

Richardson's  Law  Reports,  Vol.   10 1 

Richardson's    Equity    Reports,    Vol.    S 1 

Georgia: 

Laws  of  1857  and  1858 2 

House  Journal,   1858 1 

Senate    Journal,    1858 1 

Martin's  Georgia  Reports,  Vols.  23  and  24 2 

Florida: 

Acts  and  Resolutions,  1858 3 

Journal  House  of  Rs.,  1858 3 

Journal  of  Senate,  1858 3 

Florida  Reports  by  M.  D.  Papy,  Vol.  8,  No.  1 1 

Message  of  the  Governor,  1858 1 

Alabama: 

House  Journal,  1857-8 1 

Senate  Journal,   1857-8 1 

Laws   of   1857-8 1 

Alabama  Reports,  Vols.  30  and  31 2 

Geology   of  Alabama 1 


—88— 

Vols. 
Louisiana: 

Acts  of  1858 1 

Louisiana  Annual  Reports,  Vol.  12 1 

Texas: 

Oldham   &   White's   Digest   Laws 1 

Laws   of  1857-8 1 

House  Journal,  1857-8 1 

Senate    Journal,    1857-8 1 

Texas  Reports,  Vols.  17,  18,  19  and  20 4 

Mississippi: 

George's  Miss.  Reports,  Vols.  3  and  4 2 

Laws  of  1856-7,  1857  called  sess.,   1858 3 

House  Journal,  1858 1 

Senate    Journal,    1858 1 

Tennessee : 

Ramsye's  History  of  Tennessee 1 

Journals  of  the  Territorial  Council,  &c.,  1796 1 

Code    of    Tennessee 1 

Statutes,  Vol.  1  and  2 2 

Laws  of   1857-8 1 

Sneed's  Reports,  Vols.  4  and  5 2 

Appendix,    1857-8 1 

:Miscellaneous   Reports,    Massages,    &c.    (Pamphlets) 25 

Kentucky: 

Ben.  Monroe's  Reports,  Vol.  17  and  18 2 

Metcalf  s  Reports,  Vol.  1 1 

Ohio: 

Agricultural  Reports,  1851  to  1857 15 

Executive    Documents,    1857 2 

Index    to    Laws    of   Ohio 1 

Ohio    Statistics    1 

Ohio  State  Reports,  Vols.  5,  6,   7  and  8 4 

House    Journal,    1858 1 

Senate    Journal,    1858 1 

Laws    of    1858 1 

School  Laws,  1858 2 

Indiana: 

Indiana  Reports  by  Tanner,  Vol.  9 1 

Illinois: 

Illinois  Reports,  Vols.  18,  19  and  20 3 

Laws    of    1859 3 

Statutes  of  Illinois,   1858,  2  Vols 2 


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Vols. 

Missouri: 

Geological  Survey  S.  W.  Branch  Pacific  R.  R 1 

Missouri  Reports,  Jones',  Vols.  4,  5  and  6 3 

Arkansas: 

Geological  Survey  of  Arkansas 1 

Message  and   Documents,   1858-9 1 

Michigan: 

Transactions  State  Agricultural  Society,  1857 1 

Michigan  Reports.     Cooley,  Vols.  5  and  6 2 

Compiled  Laws,   1857,  2  Vols 2 

Laws  of  1859 1 

School  Law,  1858 1 

School  Report  by  Mayhew 1 

Wisconsin: 

Laws  of  1858   and   1859 2 

Private  and  Local  Laws,  1857,  58  and  59 3 

Revised  Statutes,  1858 1 

Wisconsin  Reports,  Vol.  6 1 

Iowa: 

Census  Returns,   1856 20 

Constitutional    Debates 20 

Geological  Reports   20 

Greene's  Reports,  Vol.  4 20 

Clarke's  Reports,  Vols.  4,   5   and   6 60 

Legislative    Documents,    1858 45 

Laws  of  1858 20 

Minnesota: 

Constitutional    Debates,    1857 2 

Journal  of  Constitutional  Convention,  1857 1 

Journal  of  House  of  Reps.,  1857 1 

Journal  of  Council,  1857 1 

Laws  of  1857  and  1858,  2  each 4 

Statutes,   1849-58 1 

Minnesota  Reports,  Vol 1 

California: 

California  Reports,  Vols.   6,   7,   8,   9,   10   and  11 11 

Senate  Journal,  1857,  1858  and  1859 6 

Appendix   to    same,    1857,    1858    and    1859 6 

House  Journal,  1857,  1858  and  1859 6 

Appendix  to  same,  1857,  1858  and  1859 6 

Statutes,   1857,   1858  and  1859 6 

Transactions    State    Agricultural    Society,    1858 3 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  Commt.  Common  Schools 1 

Annual  Message  of  Gov.  J.  B.  Weller,  1859 1 


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Vols. 

Oregon: 

Laws  of  1858 1 

Journal  of  the  Council,  1858 1 

Journal  of  the  House,  1858 1 

Washington  Ty: 

Acts  of  the  Assembly,   1857   and   1858 2 

House   Journal,    1857   and   1858 2 

Council  Journal,   1857  and   1858 2 

New  Mexico: 

Laws  of  1857  and  1858 2 

Nebraska  Ty: 

Laws    of    1858 1 

House  Journal,   1859 1 

Council  Journal,  1859 1 

Kansas  Ty: 

Statute,    1855 1 

Laws  of  1857  and  1857-8 2 

House  Journal,  1855  and  1857 2 

Council  Journal,  1855   and  1857 2 

American  Geographical  and  Statistical  Society: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Officers  and  Council,  1857 1 

Journal  of  the  Society,  Vol.  No.  5  and  6 2 

Bulletin  of  the  Society,  1853,  Vols.  1  and  2 3 

Smithsonian  Institution: 

Contributions  to  Knowledge,  Vol.  10 1 

Hon.  S.  S.  Cox,  M.  C,  Smithsonian  Report,  1857 1 

Hon.  F.  B.  Florrence,  Smithsonian  Report,  1858 1 

Hon.  G.  W.  Jones,  Messages  and  Documents,  1855-6 2 

Report  on  Finance,   1855-6 1 

Hon.   T.   S.   Parvin,  Proceeding  of  Grand   Lodge  of  Masons 

of  Iowa   2 

N.  W.  Mills  &  Co.,  Iowa  School  Journal,  Nos.  1  and  6 2 

I  have  exchanged  Iowa  Reports  for  the  following  Law  Books: 

Archibald's  Kings  Bench  Practice,  Vols.  1  and  2 2 

Blackstone's  Commentaries,  4  vols 4 

Caine's  Cases  in  Error,  2  vols 1 

Cooper's  Institute  of  Justinian 1 

Digest  of  New^  York  Reports 4 

Howard's  Practice  Reports,  Vols.  8  and  9 2 

Jones  on  Bailments 1 

Roscoe's  Criminal  Evidence 1 

Starkie  on  Evidence 2 

Making  the  total  number  of  books  and  pamphlets  received  amount 

to  873. 


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There  has  lately  been   an  alteration  made  in  the  Library  room 
at  an  expense  of  $18.00  which  adds  much  to  the  appearance  of  it 
as  well  as  increasing  its  convenience. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

J.  P.   COULTER, 
State  Librarian. 
[H] 

LIBRARIAN   L.    I.    COULTER'S   REPORT   IN   1864. 

Iowa  State  Library, 

Des  Moines,  January  11th,  1864. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Seriate  and  House  of  Representatives : 

In  compliance  with  law,  I  herewith  transmit  the  Biennial  Report 

on  the  condition  of  the  State  Library,  showing  the  accessions  to  it 

from  all  sources  since  the  session  of  the  Ninth  General  Assembly. 

There   has   been   received   from   the    Several    States,    the  United 

States,  Societies  and  Individuals,  835  volumes  as  follows: 

California: 

Vols. 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  15,  by  Harmon 1 

Supreme    Court    Reports,    Vols.    18    and    19,    by    Bagley 

and  Harmon   2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  20  and  21,  by  Hillyer....  2 

Assembly  Journals,   1861,  1862   and   1863 3 

Senate  Journals,  1861,  1862  and  1863 3 

Appendix  to  Assembly  Journal,  1861,  1862  and  1863 3 

Appendix  to  Senate  Journal,  1861,  1862  and  1863 3 

Statutes   of  California,    1863 1 

Colorado  Territory: 

House  Journal,  1862 1 

Council   Journal,    1862 1 

Laws  of  Colorado  Territory,  1860  and  1862 2 

Connecticut: 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  29  and  30  (by  Hooker)  ....  2 

Pub.  Acts,  Dec.  Sess.,  1862.  and  May  Sess.,  1863 2 

Private  Acts  &  Resolutions,  May  Sess.,  1863 1 

Dakota  Territory: 

Council   Journal,    1862 1 

House  Journal,  1862 1 

Laws  of  1862  and  1863 2 

Indiana: 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  3  and  5,  by  Porter 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  10,  11  and  13,  by  Tanner.  .  3 
Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  15    (2  copies)   and  16,  by 

Harrison   3 

Laws  of  1861   (3  copies)  and  1863 4 


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^  Vols. 

Illinois: 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  23,  24,  25  and  26,  by  Peck     4 

.     House  &  Senate  Journals,  1861 2 

Legislative  Reports,  1861 1 

Private  Laws,  1861 1 

Public  Laws,  1861 1 

Iowa: 

Adjutant  General's  Report,   1862 22 

Adjutant  General's  Report,  1863 100 

Iowa  Reports,  Vol.  11 20 

Iowa  Reports,  Vol.  12 20 

Iowa  Reports,  Vol.  13 20 

House  Journals,  1860 14 

House  Journals,  Ex.  Sess.,  1861 20 

House  Journals,  Reg.  Sess.,  1862 20 

House  Journals,  Ex.  Sess.,  1862 20 

Senate   Journals,   1860 14 

Senate  Journals,  Ex.  Sess.,  1861 20 

Senate  Journals,  Reg.  Sess.,  1862 20 

Senate  Journals,  Ex.  Sess.,  1862 20 

Special  Laws,  1860 20 

Session  Laws,   1861 20 

Session  Laws,  Ex.  Sess.,  1861 20 

Session  Laws,  Reg.  Sess.,  1862 20 

Sess'ion  Laws,  Ex.  Sess.,  1862 20 

Kansas: 

Compiled  Laws,   1862 2 

Laws  of  1861  and  1863 2 

Proceedings    in    Impeachment    Cases    of    Gov.    Robinson 
and  others   1 

Kentucky: 

Acts  of  1859-60,  Called  Sess.,  1861,  and  May  Sess.,  1861.  .     3 

Auditor's  Report,  1860  and  1862 2 

Common  School  Report,  1859 2 

Laws  of  1863 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  3,  by  Metcalfe 1 

Maine: 

Acts  &  Resolves,  1861  and  1862 2 

Adjutant  General's  Report,   1862 1 

Agriculture  &  Geology  of  Maine 2 

Agricultural  Report,  1860 1 

Documents  1861,  1862    (2  vols.)    and   1863 4 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  47  and  48  (by  Hubbard) . .     2 


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Vols. 

Maryland: 

Documents  of  House  &  Senate,  1861 1 

House   Journal,    1861 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1861  and  1862 2 

Laws  of  1861  and  1861-62 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  18  (by  Miller) 1 

Massachusetts: 

Acts  &  Resolves,  1862 2 

Special  Laws,  Vol.  10,  1854  to  1859 1 

Public  Documents,  1862   (3  vols.) 3 

Aliens'  (Sup.  Court)  Reports,  Vols.  2,  3  and  4 3 

Grays'  (Sup.  Court)  Reports,  Vols.  8  and  14 2 

Michigan: 

Laws  of  1862  and  1863 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  9  and  10  (by  Cooley) 2 

Minnesota: 

Executive    Documents,    1862 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1862  and  1863 4 

General   Laws,    1862 1 

Session  Laws,  1862  and  1863 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  2,  5,  6  and  7  (by  Officer) . .  4 

Missouri: 

Laws  of  1861  and  1863 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,'  Vol.  30,  by  Jones 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  31,  32  and  33,  by  Whittelsey  3 

Nevada  Territory: 

Laws   of   1861 1 

New  Hampshire: 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1861  and  1862 4 

Laws  of  1861  and  1862  (3  copies  each) 6 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Education,  1861  and  1862 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  41  and  42,  by  Chandler 2 

New  Jersey: 

Executive  Documents,  1863 1 

Laws   of   1863 1 

New  York: 

Assembly  &  Senate  Journals,  1862 2 

Assembly  Documents,  1862,   (10  vols.) 10 

Senate  Documents,  1862   (6  vols.) 6 

Catalogue  of  State  Library,  1861 1 

Journals  of  the  Legislative  Council,  Vol.  2,  1743  to  1745.  .  1 

Laws  of  1863   (3  copies ) 3 

Report  of  Trustees  of  State  Library,  1862 1 

Barbours'  (Sup.  Court)  Reports,  Vols.  32,  33,  34,  35  and  36  5 

Smith's   (Court  of  Appeals)   Reports,  Vols.  9  and  10 2 


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VolB. 

Ohio: 

Agricultural  Report,   1861    (2d   series) 1 

Ninth  Annual  Report  on  Common  Schools 1 

Seventeenth   Annual  Report  of  Commissioners  of  State 

Library    1 

Executive  Documents,  1861  and  1862  (each  in  2  parts)..  4 

Governor's  Message,  1863 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1862 2 

Laws   of   1862 1 

School    Laws,    1862 1 

Ohio  State  Reports,  Vol.  12,  by  Critchfield 1 

Statistics,  1861   1 

Oregon: 

Code  of  1862 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1863 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  1,  by  Wilson 1 

Pennsylvania: 

Annual  Report  of  Adjt.  Genl.,  1862 1 

Annual  Report  of  Quarter  Master  Genl.,  1862 1 

Annual  Report  of  Surgeon  Genl.,  1862 1 

Annual  Report  of  Chief  of  Transportation  &  Telegraph, 

1862    1 

Executive  Documents,  1862 1 

Legislative  Documents,  1863 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1863 2 

Journal  of  Board  of  Revenue  Commissioners,  1862 1 

Laws  of  1862  and  1863 2 

School    Laws,    1862 1 

School  Report,   1862 1 

Pennsylvania  State  Reports,  Vols.  38,  39,  40,  41  and  42, 

by  Wright   5 

Purdons  Digest,  1700  to  1861.  by  Brightly 1 

Rhode  Island: 

Colonial  Records,  Vols.  7  and  8 2 

Eighth  Registration  Report,  1860 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  6,  by  Ames 1 

Vermont: 

Adjutant  General's  Report,  1862  and  1863 1 

Auditor's  Report,  1862  and  1863 2 

Geology  of  Vermont,  1861,  (2  vols.) 2 

General    Statutes,    1863 1 

Governor's  Message  (Pamphlet)  1863 1 

House  &  Senate  Journals,  1861  and  1862 4 

Laws  of  1861  and  1862 2 

Report  of  Board  of  Education,  1861  and  1863 2' 


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Vols. 

Vermont — Continuec! : 

Report  of  Railroad  Commissioner,  1862  and  1863 2 

Rules  of  Senate  &  House  of  Representatives,  1863 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  33,  by  Shaw 1 

Virginia: 

Laws   of   1862 1 

Wisconsin: 

Assembly  &  Senate  Journals,  1862   (each  2  vols.) 4 

Laws  of  1862  and  Extra  Sess.,  1862-63 2 

Private  Laws,  1862 1 

Report  of  Secretary  of  State,  1862 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  12,  13  and  14,  by  Spooner  3 

Transactions  State  Agricultural  Society,  1860 1 

United  States: 

House   Journals,    2d    and    3d    sessions,    37th    Congress,    3 

copies  each    6 

Report  on  Commercial  Relations,  1860 1 

Report  of  Superintendent  of  the  Coast  Survey,  1851,  1852, 

1853,  1854,  1856,  1858,  1859  and  1860 8 

Statutes  at  Large,  Vol.  12 1 

Statutes   at  Large,   1862-63    (Pamphlet) 60 

Smithsonian  Institution: 

Results  of  Meteorological  Observations,  1854  to  1859 1 

Smithsonian  Miscellaneous  Collections,   (4  vols.) 4 

The   following  are   donations  of  Foreign  Literary  and   Scientific 

Associations,    made    through    the    agency    of    the    Smithsonian    In- 
stitution: 

The  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society  of  Manchester,  England: 

Vols. 

Memoirs  of  the  Literary  &  Philosophical  Society  of  Man- 
chester, Vols.  12,  13,  14,  15  and  21 5 

Dal  ton's  New^  System  of  Chemistry    (2  vols.) 2 

Dalton's   Meteorology,    1834 1 

The  Class  of  Mathematics  and  Physic,  Leipsig: 

Abhandlungen  Der  Mathematische  Physischen  Classe, 
Der  Koniglich  Sachsischen  Gesellschaft  Der  Wissen- 
schaften    1 

Mitglied  Der  Koniglich  Sachsischen  Gessellschaft  Der 
Wissenschaften,  Elektrische  Untersuchungen,  von 
W.  G.  Hankel,  Vol.  VI 1 

Messungen  Uber  die  Absorption  der  Chemischen  Strahlen, 
Des  Sonnenlichtes,  Von,  W.  G.  Hankel 1 

Berichte  Uber  die  Verhandlungen  der  Koniglich  Sach- 
sischen Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften,  Zu  Leipzig, 
1860,  Vols.  I,  II  and  II 2 


< 


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Vols. 

The  Society  of  Natural  History  of  Nurnberg: 

Abhandlungen    der    Naturhistorischen    Gesellscluift,    Zu 

Nurnberg,  1852,  1858  and  1861 3 

The   Royal   Academy   of  Sciences  at  Munich: 

Silzungsberichte    der    Koniglich    bayer,    Akadamic    der 
Wissenschaften,  Zu  Munchen,  1860,  Vols.  4  and  5..     2 

Same,  1861,  Vol.  1,  Parts  1,  2,  3,  4,  and  5 5 

Annalen     der     Koniglichen     Sternwarte     bie     Munchen, 

Vol.  XIII    1 

The  Catholic  University  of  Louvain: 

Annuaire  de  L'  Universite  Catholique  de  Louvain,  1844, 

1845,   1846,   1847,   1848,   1851,   1861   and  1862 8 

The  Society  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Strasbourg: 

Memoires    de    la    Societe    Des    Sciences    Naturelles    de 

Strasbourg,  5th  book 1 

The   Royal   Dublin   Society: 

The  Dublin  Quarterly  Journal  of  Science:     Nos.  2  and  3, 
1861,  Nos.  6,  7  and  8,  1862,  and  Nos.  9  and  10,  1863.  .     7 
Thomas  F.  Withrow,  Esq.: 

Vines  Abridgement,  24  Vols 24 

Supplement  to  Same,  6  Vols 6 

II.  A.  Wiltse,  Esq.: 

Blackford's  Indiana  Reports,  Vols.  1  to  8 8 

Indiana  Reports,  Vols.  1  and  2,  by  Carter 2 

Indiana  Reports,  Vols.  3,  4,  5  and  6,  by  Porter 4 

Indiana  Reports,  Vol.  14,  by  Tanner 1 

Indiana  Reports,  Vol.  17,  by  Harrison 1 

Indiana  Reports,  Vol.  18,  by  Kerr 1 

The  above  Indiana  Reports-  were  received  in  exchange  for  8  vols, 
of  California  Reports,  of  which  the  Library  contained  duplicates. 
F.  Hasted: 

The  writings,  etc.,  of  F.  Hasted 1 

S.  A.  James: 

Map  of  Keokuk  County,  Iowa,  by  S.  A.  James. 
By  Purchase: 

The  Washington  Map  of  the  United  States,  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  National  Observatory. 
Stolen  during  the  session  of  the  Ninth  General  Assembly: 

Vattel  on  the  Laws  of  Nations 1 

Report  of  Adjutant  General  of  Iowa,  1862 1 

Respectfuly  submitted, 

(Signed)  L.  I.  COULTER, 
State   Librarian. 


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[I] 
LIBRARIAN    L.    I.    COULTER'S    1868   REPORT. 

Iowa  State  Library, 

Des  Moines,  January  13th,  1868. 
(Jrnllcnirn  of  the  i^oiaii'  (ind  House  of  Representatives: 

In  conformity  witli  Section  704  of  tlie  Revision  of  1860,  I  Iierewitli 
beg  leave  to  submit  a  statement  of  tlie  additions  made  to  the  State 
Library  during  the  years  1866  and  1867,  from  the  following  sources: 

STATES    AND    TERRITORIES. 

Vols. 

Alabama: 

Acts  of  1865-6,  1866-7   (2  copies) 4 

Penal  Code,  1866 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38 6 

Arizona: 

Acts  of  1864,  1865,  1866 3 

Journals  of  the  1st  and  2nd  Legislatures 2 

Arkansas: 

Acts    of    1866-7 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  22,  23,  24 3 

California: 

Catalogue   of   State   Library 1 

Journal  of  Assembly,  1865-6   (2  copies) 2 

Journal  of  Senate,  1865-6    (2  copies) 2 

Appendix  to  Journals,  1865-6   (2  copies)   3  Vols 6 

Statutes  of  1865-6  (2  copies) 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  28  to  32  incl.   (2  copies)..  10 

Connecticut: 

House  Journals,   1866,   1867 2 

Senate  Journals,  1866,  1867 2 

Legislative   Documents,   1866,   1867 2 

Public  Acts,  1866,  1867    (2  copies) 4 

Private  Acts,  1866,  1867    (2  copies) 4 

General    Statutes,    1866 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  32,  33 2 

Dakota  Territory: 

House   Journal,   1865-6 1 

Council  Journal,  1865-6 1 

Laws  of  1865-6,  1866-7 2 

Florida: 

House  Journal,  1866 1 

Senate  Journal,   1866 1 

Acts  and  Resolutions,   1866 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  10,  Nos.  1,  2;  Vol.  11,  No.  1  3 

Index  to  Supreme  Court  Reports 1 


Vols. 

Georgia: 

Laws   of   1866 1 

Idaho   Territory: 

House   Journal    1864,    1867 2 

Council    Journal,    1864,    1867 2 

Laws  of  1864,  1867 2 

Indiana: 

Acts  of  1865 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  23,24 2 

Illinois: 

House    Journal,    1865 1 

Senate  Journal,   1865 1 

Reports  to  General  Assembly,  1865 1 

Laws   of  1865 1 

Geological  Survey,  Vols.  1,  2 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  31,  32,  33 3 

Iowa : 

.   Adjutant  General's  Report,   1867    (2   Vols.) 100 

Iowa   Reports,    Vol.    17 50 

Iowa    Reports,    Vol.    18 50 

Iowa   Reports,    Vol.    19 50 

Iowa   Reports,    Vol.    20 50 

Iowa  Digest   (Hammond)   Vol.  2 50 

House    Journal,    1866 50 

Senate  Journal,    1866 50 

Laws   of  1866 22 

Legislative  Documents,  1864. 
Legislative  Documents,  1866. 

Kentucky: 

House  Journal,   1865-6 1 

Senate   Journal,    1865-6 1 

Documents,    1866    2 

Supreme  Court  Reports  (Du  Val  Vol.  1) . 1 

Louisiana: 

Acts  of  1864,  1865,  1866,  1867 4 

Louisiana  Annual  Reports   (Sup.  Court)   Vols.  17,  18....     2 

Maine: 

Acts  and  Resolves,  1866,  1867 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  51,  52,  53 3 

Massachusetts: 

Acts  and  Resolutions,  1866   (2  copies) 2 

Allen's    (Supreme  Court)    Reports,  Vols.  9,  10 2 

Gray's    (Supreme   Court)    Reports,   Vol.   12 1 

Public  Documents,  1865 4 

Industry  of  Massachusetts,  1865 1 


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Vols. 
Maryland : 

Digest  of  Sup.  Court  Reports,  by  Cohen  &  Lee 1 

House  Journal  and  Documents,  1866,  1867 2 

Senate  Journal  and  Documents,  1866,  1867 2 

Laws   of   1866,    1867 2 

Constitution  of  Maryland,   1867 1 

Proceedings  of  State  Convention,  1867 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  20,  21,  22 3 

Minnesota: 

Executive  Documents,   1865 i 1 

House    Journals,    1865 1 

Senate    Journal,    1865 1 

Session    Laws,    1866 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  10 1 

Missouri: 

General  Statutes  of  1865   (3  copies) 3 

Laws  of  1866    (2  copies) 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,   Vols.  35  to  39,  inclusive 5 

Mississippi: 

Laws  of  1867    (2  copies) 2 

Nebraska: 

House    Journal,    1864 1 

Council    Journal,    1864 1 

Laws   of   1864 1 

Revised    Statutes,    1866 1 

Nevada : 

Assembly   Journal,    1866,    1867    (2   copies) 4 

Senate  Journal,   1866,   1867    (2   copies) ,  4 

Constitutional  Debates  and  Proceedings,  1864 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  1,  2   (2  copies) 4 

New  Hampshire: 

House  and  Senate  Journals,  1865,  1866 2 

Laws  of  June  Session,  1866   (2  copies) 2 

Common    School    Report,    1866 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  45  (by  Hadley) 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports    (2d  series)    Vols.  18,  19,  20 3 

New  Jersey: 

Assembly  Journals,  1866,   1867 2 

Senate  Journals,  1866,  1867 2 

Laws  of  1866,  1867 2 

Legislative  Documents,  1865,  1866,  1867 3 

C.  E.  Greene's  Reports  (Sup.  Court)  Vol.  1 1 

M.  Carter's  Reports  (Sup.  Court)  Vol.  2 1 

Vroom's   Reports    (Sup.    Court)    Vols.   1,    2 2 


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Vols. 
Now  York: 

Assembly  Journal,  1866 2 

Senate  Journal,   1866 1 

Assembly  Documents,  1866 10 

Senate  Documents,  1866 2 

Census  of  1865 1 

Laws  of  1866    (2  copies) 2 

Transactions  of  State  Agricultural  Society,  1865 1 

Report  of  Regents  of  State  University,  1866 1 

Report  of  Regents  of  State  University  on  the  condition  of 

the  State  Cabinet  of  Natural  History,  1866 1 

Report  of  Trustees  of  State  Library,  1866 1 

Second   Annual   Report  of  Chief  of  Bureau  of  Military 

Statistics    1 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  on  State  Prisons 1 

Report  on  the  Prisons  and  Reformatories  of  the  United 

States  to  the  New  York  Legislature  by  E.  C.  Wines, 

L.L.D.,  and  Theodore  Dwight,  L.L.D 1 

Harbours   (Sup.  Court)  Reports,  Vols.  43  to  47,  inclusive  5 

Tiffany's  (Court  of  Appeals)  Reports,  Vols.  6,  7,  8 3 

New  York  Reports,  Vol.  27    (Condensed  Digest) 1 

North   Carolina: 

Laws    of    1866-7 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports  (Law)  No.  1  of  Vols.  1,  2,  3 3 

Supreme  Court  Reports  (Equity)  No.  1  of  Vols.  2,  3 2 

Ohio: 

Annual  Messages  of  Governor,  1866,  1867 2 

Adjutant  General's  Report,   1865,   1866 2 

Quarter  Master  General's  Report,  1866 1 

Auditor's    Report    (Receipts    and    Disbursements)    1865, 

1866    2 

Report  of  State  Treasurer,  1865,  1866 2 

Report  of  Secretary  of  State,  1866 1 

Report  of  Board  of  Public  Works,  1866 1 

Report  of  Special  Committee  on  Railroads,  etc.,  1867 1 

Report  of  Commissioners  for  Reform  Schools,  1866 1 

Report  of  Directors  of  Penitentiary,  1866 1 

Report  of  Commissioners  of  State  Library,  1865,  1866..  2 

Report  of  Directors  of  Longview  Asylum,  1865,  1866 2 

Executive  Documents,  1865,  2  vols.,  1866,  2  vols 4 

House  Journals,  1865,  1866 2 

Senate   Journals,   1865,   1866 2 

Laws  of  1865,  1866 2 

School  Laws,  1865 1 

Statistics,   1865,   1866 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports  (Ohio  State  Rep.)  Vols.  15,  16..  2 


Vols. 
Oregon: 

Laws  and  Decisions  of  Supreme  Court,  1866 1 

Pennsylvania: 

Adjutant  General's  Report,  1865,  1866 2 

Auditor  General's  Report  on  Railroad,  1866 1 

Common  School  Report,  1866 1 

Report  on  Soldiers'  National  Cemetery  at  Gettysburg 1 

Executive  Documents,  1865,  1866    (2  vols,  each) 4 

House  Journal,  1866,  1867 2 

Senate  Journal,  1866,  1867 2 

Laws,   1866,   1867 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports    (Pa.  St.  Rep.)   Vols.  48,  49,  50, 

51,  52   5 

Report  of  Executive  Office  Military  Department,  1865...  1 

Journal  of  Prison  Discipline  and  Philanthropy,  1866 1 

Rhode  Island: 

Acts  and  Resolves,  January  and  May,  1866 2 

Rhode  Island  Colonial  Records,  1784-1792,  Vol.  10 1 

Tennessee: 

Acts  of  1865-6,  Extra  Sess.,  1866,  1866-7  (2  each) 6 

House  Journal,  1865-6,  Ex.  Sess.,  1866  (2  each) 4 

Senate  Journal,  1865-6,  Ex.  Sess.,  1866   (2  each) 4 

Supreme  Court  Reports    (Head  Vol.  3) 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports  (Caldwell  Vols.  1,  2) 2 

Texas: 

Constitution  and  Laws,  1866 1 

Journal  of  State  Convention,  1866 1 

Laws  of  1859-64 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  26,  27 2 

Vermont: 

Adjutant  General's  Report,  1866 1 

House  Journal,  1866 1 

Senate    Journal,    1866 1 

Laws   of   1866 1 

Legislative  Documents,  1866 1 

Registration  Report,  1863,  1864 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  37,  38,  39 3 

Virginia: 

Acts  of  1865-6,  1866-7 2 

Grattan's  Reports  ( Sup.  Court)  Vol.  16 1 

House  Journal,   1866-7 1 

Senate  Journal,  1866-7 1 


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Vols. 
West  Virginia: 

Acts  of  1867 1 

Constitution  and  Statutes,  1861-66 1 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vol.  1 1 

Wisconsin: 

Governor's  Message  and  Documents,  1866 1 

Private  and  Local  Laws  of  1866,  1867 2 

Public  Laws  of  1866,  1867 2 

Supreme  Court  Reports,  Vols.  18,  19,  20 3 

The  United  States: 

Executive  Documents,  1st  sess.,  39tli  Congress 10 

Senate  Documents,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 4 

Senate  Reports,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 2 

Senate  Miscellaneous,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 2 

Senate  Journal,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 2 

House  Journal,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 2 

House  Miscellaneous,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 6 

Reports  of  Committees,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 6 

Diplomatic  Correspondence,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress....  8 

Commercial   Relations,   1st  sess.,  39th   Congress 2 

Commerce  &  Navigation,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 2 

Mexican  Affairs,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress 4 

Report  of  Secretary  of  War,  1st  sess.,  39th  Congress. ...  4 
Report  of  Secretary  of  War,  Appendix,  39th  Congress..  4 
Report   on   the   Conduct   of   the   War,    Supplement   Ap- 
pendix, 39th  Congress 4 

Report   of  the   Secretary   of   the   Navy,   Appendix,   39th 

Congress   2 

Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  Appendix,  39th 

Congress   2 

Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  the  General  Land  Office 

(Maps)    1 

Postal  Laws  and  Regulations,  1866 1 

Rear  Admiral  C.  H.  Davis,  U.  S.  N.: 

Astronomical  and  Meteorological  Observations,  1864 1 

Report  on  Interoceanic  Canals  and  Railroads 1 

Iowa  State  Historical  Society: 

Annals  of  Iowa,  1866,  1867 2 

Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington,  D.  C: 

Smithsonian  Miscellaneous  Collections,  Vols.  6,  7 2 

Smithsonian  Contributions  to  Knowledge,  Vols.  6,  7....  1 

Smithsonian    Report,    1865 1 


—98— 

Vols. 
The  Catholic  University  of  Louvain: 

Aunnaire  de  L'Universite  Catholique  de  Louvain,   1852, 

1853,   1854,    1865,    1866,    1867 6 

The  Geological  Society  of  Berlin: 

Zeitschrift  der  Deutschen  Geologischen  Gesellschaft,  Vol. 

18,  Nos.  1,  2  of  Vol.  19 2 

Justus  Perthes,  Publisher: 

Mitthellungen  aus  Justus  Perthes'  Geographischer  Austalt 
uber  Wichtige  Nene  Erforschungen  auf  dem  Gesammt- 
gebiete  der  Geographic  von  Dr.  A.  Peterman;    1866, 
1867,  14  Nos. 
Hon.  John  F.  Dillon: 

Charter  and  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Davenport,  1866. .     1 
Purchased  by  Hon.  C.  C.  Cole: 

Cameron  and  Norwood's  Reports  (N.  C.) 1 

Duffin  and  Hawks'  Reports  (N.  C.) 1 

Hawks'  Reports,  Vols.  2,  3  (N.  C.) 2 

Taylor's  Reports   (N.  C.) 1 

Cooke's  Reports    (Tenn.) 1 

Martin  and  Yeager's  Reports    (Tenn.) 1 

Sneed's  and  Marshall's  Reports  (Miss.)  Vols.  2,  4,  5,  6. . .     4 

Walker's   Reports    (Miss.) 1 

Rice's  Digest   ( South  Car. ) 2 

Vermont  Reports,  Vol.  2 1 

Total   additions    928  Vols. 

There  are  in  the  Library  a  number  of  publications  of  Foreign 
Scientific  and  Literary  Societies  which  I  respectfully  suggest  should 
be  transferred  to  the  Library  of  the  State  University. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

L.  I.  COULTER, 
State  Librarian. 


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